Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC)

6505 NE 65th Street
Seattle, Washington 98115
Phone: 206-526-6282
Fax: 206-526-6654
http://wfrc.usgs.gov/

Samples of fisheries-related research at WFRC:

Fish and Aquatic Organism Health: National Fish Health Laboratories

• Fish Health at the Western Fisheries Research Center

Species Diversity and Life History: Lamprey, Salmon and Trout, Sturgeons, Suckers

• Effects of Swimming and Exhaustive Stress in Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata): Implications
  for Upstream Migrations Past Dams  (Pacific lamprey)
  

• Fish Populations Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River sucker, Salmonids, Shortnose sucker, Steelhead, White sturgeon) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams)

• Seasonal Habitat Use and Movements of White Sturgeons (White sturgeon)

• Fisheries Investigations for Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in Upper Klamath Lake (Lost River sucker, Shortnose sucker)
  
  
• Fish Populations Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River sucker, Salmonids, Shortnose sucker, Steelhead, White sturgeon) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams)

• Near-Shore Habitat Use by Endangered Juvenile Suckers
  in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon (Lost River sucker, Shortnose sucker)

Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology: Salmon and Trout,General Research

• Genetics Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Chinook salmon, Cutthroat trout, Lamprey and Various invertebrates, Microbes, Plants, Rainbow trout, Salmonids, Sturgeon)

• Genetics Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Chinook salmon, Cutthroat trout, Lamprey and Various invertebrates, Microbes, Plants, Rainbow trout, Salmonids, Sturgeon)

Aquatic Community Ecology: Clupeids and Herring , Plants and Fungi, Salmon and Trout, Shad, Sturgeons, Suckers, Ecology Research

• System-wide Significance of Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in Columbia and Snake River Reservoirs and Evaluation of Predation Control Measures (American shad, Northern pikeminnow, Salmonids, Smallmouth bass, Walleye)
  
  
• Community Structure and Adaptive Strategies of Fungi in Geothermal Soils (Fungi, Plants)

• Aquatic Community Dynamics in Bonneville Reservoir, Columbia River and Tributary Streams (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, Phytoplankton, Salmon, Steelhead, White sturgeon, Zooplankton)

• Beulah Reservoir (2001) - Food-Based Studies for Bull Trout (Bull trout, Lake trout, Mountain whitefish, Northern pikeminnow, Rainbow trout, Redside shiners, Sculpins, Suckers, White crappie)

• System-wide Significance of Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in Columbia and Snake River Reservoirs and Evaluation of Predation Control Measures (American shad, Northern pikeminnow, Salmonids, Smallmouth bass, Walleye)

• Aquatic Community Dynamics in Bonneville Reservoir, Columbia River and Tributary Streams (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, Phytoplankton, Salmon, Steelhead, White sturgeon, Zooplankton)

• Beulah Reservoir (2001) - Food-Based Studies for Bull Trout (Bull trout, Lake trout, Mountain whitefish, Northern pikeminnow, Rainbow trout, Redside shiners, Sculpins, Suckers, White crappie)

• Aquatic Ecology Research at the Western Fisheries Research Laboratory

Imperiled Aquatic Species: Restoring Landscapes and Imperiled Communities

• Arid Lands of the Southwest. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (1585 KB, PDF--get Adobe Reader) (Cui-ui, Desert pupfish, Lahontan cutthroat trout, Moapa dace)

Fish Passage and Dams

• Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts (Anadromous salmonids, Rainbow trout, Salmon, Steelhead) (also related to Restoration Science and Technology, River Science)

• Distribution of Smolts in the Tailrace of Hydroelectric Dams (Salmon)

• Fish Behavior Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull Trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River Sucker, Pacific Lamprey, Salmon, Shortnose Sucker)
  

• Fish Populations Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River sucker, Salmonids, Shortnose sucker, Steelhead, White sturgeon) (also related to Species Diversity and Life History)

• White sturgeon restoration and enhancement in the Columbia and Snake rivers upstream from Bonneville Dam (White sturgeon) (also related to Restoration Science and Technology)
  

Restoration Science and Technology: Clupeids and Herring, Salmon and Trout, Shad, Sturgeons

• Science Support for Wetland Restoration in the Napa-Sonoma Salt Ponds, San Francisco Bay Estuary: An Assessment of Fish Use (American shad, Chameleon goby, Inland silverside, Longjaw mudsucker, Pacific staghorn sculpin, Striped bass, Striped mullet, Yellowfin goby) (also related to River Science)

• Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts (Anadromous salmonids, Rainbow trout, Salmon, Steelhead) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams, River Science)

• Science Support for Wetland Restoration in the Napa-Sonoma Salt Ponds, San Francisco Bay Estuary: An Assessment of Fish Use (American shad, Chameleon goby, Inland silverside, Longjaw mudsucker, Pacific staghorn sculpin, Striped bass, Striped mullet, Yellowfin goby) (also related to River Science)

• White sturgeon restoration and enhancement in the Columbia and Snake rivers upstream from Bonneville Dam (White sturgeon) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams)
  

River Science

• Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts (Anadromous salmonids, Rainbow trout, Salmon, Steelhead) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams, Restoration Science and Technology)

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