Understanding diet is critical for conservation of endangered predators. Southern Resident
killer whales (SRKW)(Orcinus orca) are an endangered population occurring primarily along …

The US Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a powerful environmental law protecting imperiled
plants and animals, and a growing number of marine species have been protected under …

California's salmonids are at the southern limits of their individual species' ranges, and
display a wide diversity of strategies to survive in California's highly variable climate. Land …

Intraspecific diversity plays a critical role in the resilience of Chinook salmon populations.
California's Central Valley (CV) historically hosted one of the most diverse population …

North American salmon once ranged from ocean waters near the Arctic Circle southward to
southern New England on the Atlantic and Mexico on the Pacific. The colonial and industrial …

Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha are likely the most enigmatic of the Pacific
salmon. Although least abundant, they are the most diversified in life history expression and …

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) along the west coast of North America have
experienced significant declines in abundance and body size over recent decades due to …

Fall-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from the Sacramento–San Joaquin
River system form the backbone of California's salmon fishery and are heavily subsidized …

Swimming behavior of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts affects transit
time, route selection and survival in complex aquatic ecosystems. Behavior quantified at the …

Populations of wild spring-run Chinook salmon in California's Central Valley, once
numbering in the millions, have dramatically declined to record low numbers. Dam …