Research
Current Projects
Hydro Project (1989-2009)
Funding: Bonneville Power Administration
Develop computer models for management of Columbia River hydroelectric and fisheries agencies. The work involves building models and analyzing data on the migration and survival of salmon through the Columbia River system and the harvest of fish in the ocean and rivers.
Over the years, several student theses and dissertations have been developed through the project including a dissertation on fish migration (Zabel 1994), a dissertation on fitness in salmon life history strategies (Hinrichsen 1994), a thesis of optimum strategies for salmon (Beer 1996), effect of ocean conditions on early ocean survival of chinook salmon (Hyun 1996). The model incorporates upstream adult migration, nearshore and estuary effects on juvenile salmon survival, and improved modeling of the impact of supersaturation on fish survival.
The project maintains computer models and database information accessible through our web page http://www.cbr.washington.edu/crisp/model.html.
2nd Tier Database – Data Access in Real Time (DART) (1996-2009)
Funding: Bonneville Power Administration
Provide integrated internet based public data on fish passage and environmental conditions in the Columbia River system http://www.cbr.washington.edu/dart/help/.
Adaptive Ecological Network Dynamics (2007-2009)
Funding: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The project focuses on modeling hunter-prey dynamics across a range of taxa to illuminate the underlying processes and the effects of differing physiological and cogitative constraints on the dynamics. Drawing on ecological and neuroscience literature, we will develop models that formulate simplistic forms of animal sensory and cogitative capabilities.