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Dr. David Noakes' 2012-14 Oregon Sea Sea Grant-supported research project
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Salmon Geomagnetic Orientation• The “BIG IDEA”– HOW do salmon DO it?– Orientation, homing, migration, navigation– Homing: straying
• Why is it important to Oregonians?– Salmon management, conservation, harvest– Hatchery: Wild considerations– Coastal energy development
Hans NordengAn alternative hypothesis for salmon homing – kin recognition
Embryo orientationVertical movement in substrate
Juvenile behavior – imprinting?
Natural vs Wild environment
Adult homing migrationPacific Ocean – back to home river
Orientation: Do Salmon have an app for that?David L. G. Noakes
Research TeamDavid Noakes, Ken Lohmann, Tom Quinn, Andy Dittman, Jennifer Nielsen, Carl Schreck, Michael Banks (Pete Klimley, Nathan Putman, Sam Chan)
Education & Outreach
• Adult salmon - fishers• Hatchery influences on homing and straying• Citizen science – watershed councils, STEP• OCAMP – students• OSU – student research topic course