Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim

Sustainable Salmon Initiative

Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim

Sustainable Salmon Initiative

Protecting the Future of Salmon

  • Home
  • About
    • Background and Goals
    • Guiding Principles & Memorandum of Understanding
    • Governance
    • Map of AYK Region
  • Research & Funding
    • Current Research Vision
    • Reporting & Invoicing Requirements
    • FY25 RFP
  • Projects
  • Science Planning
    • 2024 Chum Salmon Action Plan
    • 2013 Chinook Salmon Action Plan
    • 2007 AYK SSI Symposium
    • 2006 Salmon Research & Restoration Plan
    • National Research Council AYK Salmon Study
    • Regional Salmon Research Plans
    • Salmon Bibliography
  • Contact Us
Home » Projects

Projects

The AYK SSI project database is a system which documents all aspects of AYK SSI funded project efforts. It currently contains information regarding general project metadata, documents, keywords and investigator profile information. In the future the system will provide access to project data and geospatial/temporal information. Please check back regularly for updates.

Download the complete Research & Discovery Report 2002-2010 (23.3MB PDF file) which includes short synopses of the 55 projects from 2002-2010 outlining the results of our salmon research within the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim regions. View each Project Synopsis by selecting the project title from the table below.

Please Contact Us if you would like to be sent a Project Final Report as soon as it becomes available.

Complete Project Table

Click on the column headings to sort each column. The search box will return results from any column.

Project TitleInvestigatorFiscal YearLocationReport
A Risk Assessment Framework for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Chum SalmonJeremy CollieFY07AYK Region-wideDownload
Abundance, Migration and Survival of Juvenile Chum Salmon, Kwethluk RiverJim FinnFY06Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Alternative Methods for Setting Escapement Goals in the Arctic-Yukon-KuskokwimRay HilbornFY06AYK Region-wideDownload
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim satellite-derived environmental databaseJan SvejkovskyFY03Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Assessing Kuskokwim salmon with environmental DNAErik Schoen, J. Andrés López, Kevin Whitworth, Sean LarsonFY22Kuskokwim River WatershedContact Us
Assessment of Chinook Salmon Freshwater ProductionKen HarperFY15Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Assessment of Chinook Salmon Freshwater Production in the Kwethluk RiverKevin Whitworth, Spencer Rearden, William BechtolFY21Kuskokwim River WatershedContact Us
Biological Sampling of Yukon River SalmonPaige DrobnyFY08Yukon River WatershedDownload
Biomarkers of mortality risks in Yukon Chinook salmonAmy M. Regish, Christian E. Zimmerman, Jayde A. Ferguson, Lizabeth Bowen, Michael P. Carey, Randy J. Brown, Stan Zuray, Stephen D. McCormick, Vanessa R. von Biela, Zachary LillerFY22Yukon River WatershedContact Us
Body Condition and Feeding Ecology of Kuskokwim River Chum Salmon Fry During Freshwater Out-migrationJulie MekaFY04Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Capacity development and community involvementKimberly ElkinFY04Yukon River WatershedDownload
Characteristics of Kuskokwim fall chum salmonSara Gilk-BaumerFY04Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Chinook Harvest-Population Diversity TradeoffsLead: Brendan M. Connors
Benjamin A. Staton, Brendan M. Connors, Carl Walters, Daniel C. Gwinn, Lew Coggins, Mike Jones
FY15Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Clear Creek chum salmon ecology studiesChristian ZimmermanFY04Yukon River WatershedDownload
Climate-Ocean Effects on Chinook SalmonKatherine MyersFY07Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Developing Stream Network Topologies for the YukonDaniel Schindler, Diane WhitedFY15Yukon River WatershedDownload
Distribution of summer chum salmon in the Yukon River drainageTed SpencerFY04Yukon River WatershedDownload
Ecology and demographics of Chinook salmonMark WipfliFY07Yukon River WatershedDownload
Ecotypic Variations in Kuskokwim River Sockeye Salmon StocksMegan McPheeFY08Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Effective population size of Chinook salmon in Yukon and Kuskokwim river tributariesJeffrey OlsenFY04AYK Region-wideDownload
Effects of Ichthyophonus on Yukon River Chinook SalmonPaul HershbergerFY14Yukon River WatershedDownload
Escapement Goal Setting to Ensure Sustainable Fisheries (Phase 1)Michael JonesFY09AYK Region-wideDownload
Escapement Goal Setting to Ensure Sustainable Fisheries (Phase 2)Michael JonesFY11AYK Region-wideDownload
Estimation of abundance and distribution of chum salmon in the Unalakleet River drainageJeffrey EstensenFY04Norton Sound AreaDownload
Estimation of coho salmon abundance and distribution in the Unalakleet RiverPhil JoyFY04Norton Sound AreaDownload
Estuarine Fish Ecology of the Yukon River Delta, 2014-2015Dan Rinella, Jim Murphy, Katharine Miller, Katherine Howard, Paige Drobny, Ragnar AlstromFY14Yukon River DeltaDownload
Evaluating Data-Limited Salmon Assessments with Application to AYK StocksMatthew CatalanoFY13Kuskokwim RiverDownload
Experimental design principles for salmon populations in the Arctic-Yukon-KuskokwimRandall PetermanFY04AYK Region-wideDownload
Expert Panel, Escapement quality of Chinook salmon in the AYK regionLead: Daniel E. Schindler, Jan Ohlberger
Andrew R. Munro, Dr. Joel M.S. Harding, Milo D. Adkison, Randy J. Brown
FY16AYK RegionDownload
Exploring Sustainable Harvest Strategies for AYK SalmonBen Staton, Dr. Brendan Connors, Dr. Lew Coggins, Dr. Matthew Catalano, Michael Jones, Natascia TamburelloFY15Download
Factors Affecting Chum Salmon Growth and ConditionEd FarleyFY06Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Fall Chum Salmon Distribution in the Upper Tanana RiverBonnie BorbaFY07Yukon River WatershedDownload
Fecundity of Yukon River Chinook SalmonJeffrey BromaghinFY08Yukon River WatershedDownload
Future Climate/Habitat of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim EcosystemsNicholas BondFY07AYK Region-wideDownload
Genetic Analysis of Immature Bering Sea Chum SalmonChristine KondzelaFY07Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Genetic Variation in Norton Sound Chum Salmon PopulationsJeffrey OlsenFY05Norton Sound AreaDownload
Genomics of maturation age Yukon Chinook salmonDr. Eric P. Palkovacs, Dr. John Carlos Garza, Dr. Peter Westley, Mr. James Savereide, Mr. Zacharay LillerFY17Yukon River watershed, Chena River and Salcha RiverDownload
Growth, Age, and Survival of AYK Chinook SalmonGreg RuggeroneFY13AYK Region-wideDownload
Heat stress in Yukon River Chinook SalmonAmy Regish, Christian Zimmerman, Kevin Keith, Lizabeth Bowen, Merlyn Schelske, Michael P. Carey, Randy J. Brown, Sean Larson, Shannon Waters, Stan Zuray, Stephen D. McCormick, Vanessa R. von BielaFY16Yukon River WatershedContact Us
Heritability of Traits in Wild Chinook SalmonJeffrey OlsenFY07Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Historical Analyses of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim and Asian Chum SalmonBev AglerFY08Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Human Systems and Sustainable SalmonRobert WolfeFY09AYK Region-wideDownload
In-Season Management Policies for Kuskokwim ChinookMatthew CatalanoFY13Kuskokwim RiverDownload
Inter-annual variability of Chinook salmon in AYK riversDaniel Schindler, Lisa Seeb, Sean BrennanFY19Yukon and Kuskokwim riversDownload
Juvenile Salmon Dispersal: Drifter Based ViewTom WeingartnerFY07Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Kuskokwim area subsistence salmon harvest surveysTracie KrauthoeferFY03Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim Chinook Subsistence Harvest MSASara Gilk-BaumerFY15Kuskokwim River WatershedContact Us
KUSKOKWIM CHINOOK SUBSISTENCE HARVEST MSA,Lead: Sara Gilk-Baumer
Daniel Prince, Sara Gilk-Baumer, Zachary Liller
FY19Download
Kuskokwim Independent Peer Review PanelDaniel SchindlerFY16Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim River Chinook Salmon Run ReconstructionBrian BueFY06Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim River Coho Salmon GeneticsPenny CraneFY08Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim River Coho Salmon InvestigationKevin Schaberg, Zachary LillerFY08Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim River Harvest Prediction ToolsBen StatonFY21Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim River Sockeye Salmon InvestigationsSara Gilk-BaumerFY06Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim salmon population estimatesCarol KerkvlietFY03Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Kuskokwim, Yukon, and Kotzebue Data Rescue, Correction, and StandardizationHelen Hamner, Seth Darr, Shane St. ClairFY03AYK Region-wideDownload
Landscape Genetics of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon PopulationsJeffrey OlsenFY06AYK Region-wideDownload
Landscape Predictors of Coho SalmonKelly BurnettFY08Norton Sound AreaDownload
Lower Yukon River Subsistence Chinook Salmon ASL & Genetic CompositionCasey Stockdale, Doug Molyneaux, Kyle Schumann, Larry DuBois, Nick DeCovichFY10Yukon River WatershedDownload
Management Strategy Evaluation for Salmon Fisheries in the Kuskokwim RiverCurry Cunningham, Daniel SchindlerFY21Kuskokwim RiverContact Us
Migration Trends of Sockeye Salmon at the Northern Edge of Their DistributionCharlie Lean, Christian Zimmerman, Kevin Keith, Merlyn Schelske, Michael CareyFY13Pilgrim River watershedDownload
Multivariate Analysis of Factors Affecting AYK Chinook SalmonDaniel E. Schindler, Jan Ohlberger, Mark D. Scheuerell, Ray HilbornFY13AYK Region-wideDownload
Natural Indicators of Salmon Run Abundance and Timing, Yukon RiverCatherine MoncrieffFY06Yukon River WatershedDownload
Nome River Coho Salmon Abundance and SurvivalCharlie LeanFY07Norton Sound AreaDownload
Nome River Watershed Habitat Restoration FrameworkMarc GabouryFY04Norton Sound AreaDownload
Non-lethal estimation of energy content of Yukon River Chinook salmonJoseph MargrafFY04Yukon River WatershedDownload
Northern Bering Sea SurveyEd FarleyFY13Northeastern Bering Sea and Chukchi SeaDownload
Norton Sound Chinook Salmon Growth and ProductionGreg RuggeroneFY08Norton Sound AreaDownload
Oceanic Dispersal and Behavior of Chinook Salmon in the Bering SeaAndrew SeitzFY13Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Patterns and trends in subsistence salmon harvests, Norton Sound and Port ClarenceJames MagdanzFY04Norton Sound AreaDownload
Productivity of Kuskokwim River Juvenile Coho SalmonGreg RuggeroneFY08Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Quantifying Chinook salmon production at fine spatial scales and mercury concentrations in resident fish across the Kuskokwim RiverDaniel Schindler, Sean BrennanFY17Download
Rapids Student Data CollectionStan ZurayFY08Yukon River WatershedDownload
Rapids Student Monitoring Program 2011-2013Stan ZurayFY10Yukon River WatershedDownload
Reducing uncertainty in sub-stock composition to better understand harvest-population diversity trade-offs in Canadian origin Yukon ChinookDr. Brendan Connors, Dr. Joel M.S. Harding, Dr. Matthew SiegleFY18Yukon River watershedDownload
Retrospective analysis of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Chinook salmon growthGreg RuggeroneFY04Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Retrospective Analysis of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Chum and Coho SalmonGreg RuggeroneFY06Norton Sound AreaDownload
Run Timing Forecast Models for KuskokwimMatthew CatalanoFY16Kuskokwim River WatershedDownload
Selective Fishery Impacts: Yukon Chinook SalmonJeffrey BromaghinFY06Yukon River WatershedDownload
Seward Peninsula Smolt StudiesWilliam SmokerFY07Norton Sound AreaDownload
Shared Chum Salmon Baseline DevelopmentAnthony GharrettFY09AYK Region-wideDownload
Spatio-temporal variation of Chinook salmon in AYK riversDaniel Schindler, Diego Fernandez, Timothy ClineFY21AYK Region-wideContact Us
Stock-Specific Forecast of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Chinook SalmonWilliam TemplinFY06Bering Sea-MarineDownload
Stock-specific modeling of Bering Sea chum salmonCurry Cunningham, Jordan Watson, Joseph Langan, Patrick Barry, Wes LarsonFY22Bering Sea MarineContact Us
Temperature and Spawning Success of SalmonMichael CareyFY13AYK Region-wideDownload
Testing Habitat-Based Production Models for Coho Salmon in the Fish RiverCharlie LeanFY08Norton Sound AreaDownload
Uncertainty Analysis for Selected Western Alaska Chum Salmon StocksDaniel GoodmanFY03AYK Region-wideDownload
Upper Yukon River Drainage Anadromous Waters CatalogingJohn SeigleFY09Yukon River WatershedDownload
Use of Otolith Microchemistry in Norton Sound Salmon PopulationsChristian ZimmermanFY05Norton Sound AreaDownload
Using Local Traditional Knowledge in Norton Sound Salmon PopulationsJulie Raymond-YakoubianFY06Norton Sound AreaDownload
Using strontium isotopes in otoliths to determine natal origins, freshwater habitat use, and life history patterns of Chinook salmon in the Yukon RiverDaniel Schindler, Diego Fernandez, Lisa Seeb, Sean BrennanFY16Yukon River WatershedDownload
Yukon Juvenile Chinook Early Ecology, Prey, and ConditionDan Bogan, Katharine Miller, Paige Drobny, Ragnar AlstromFY13Yukon River WatershedDownload
Yukon River Chinook MSEMichael JonesFY13Yukon River WatershedDownload
Yukon River Chinook Salmon Subsistence SamplingLisa KangasFY10Yukon River WatershedDownload
Yukon River Chinook salmon telemetry and mark-recaptureTed SpencerFY03Yukon River WatershedDownload
Yukon River Juvenile Chinook IndexJim MurphyFY10Yukon River WatershedDownload
Yukon River Juvenile Chum Salmon Genetic Stock AnalysisChristine Kondzela, Jeff GuyonFY10Yukon River WatershedDownload

Keyword Tree

AYK projects have been classified into the hierarchical keyword scheme shown below. The keywords have been organized into the following groups. Click on the keywords to access proposals associated with that keyword.

Collapse All Expand All
  • Ecosystem components
    • Fish
      • Species groups
        • Anadromous salmonids
          • Chinook
          • Chum
          • Coho
          • Pink
          • Sockeye
        • Canadian origin Yukon Chinook
        • Forage fish
        • Groundfish
          • Pollock
        • Other freshwater fish
      • Specific research issues
        • Aging techniques
        • Bycatch mitigation
        • Catchability and selectivity
        • Climate change
        • Competition
        • Diet
        • Disease
        • Distribution and abundance
        • Ecosystems indicators
        • Energetics
        • Feeding behavior
        • Feeding trials
        • Fishing effects and harvest strategies
        • Foraging ecology
        • Genetics and stock identification
        • Genomic markers
        • Growth
        • Habitat
        • inter-annual variability
        • Invertebrate
        • life history
        • Nutrients
        • Ocean migration and survival
        • outmigration
        • Population dynamics
        • Predator-prey interactions
        • Primary Production
        • production patterns
        • Scale samples
        • Stock assessment methods
        • Stream metabolism
        • strontium isotopes
        • Sub-stock run composition
        • Territoriality
        • Tracking and tagging technologies
        • water temperature
    • Macro-invertebrates
      • Specific research issues
        • Foraging ecology
        • Population dynamics
        • Predator-prey interactions
  • Ecosystems
    • Estuarine
    • Freshwater – Lakes
    • Freshwater – Rivers/Streams
      • Chena River
    • Marine – Benthic
    • Marine – Nearshore
    • Marine – Pelagic
  • environmental impacts
  • Fields of expertise
    • Biological science
      • Bio-Energetics
      • Ecology
      • Evolution
      • Experimental/Project design
      • Genetics
      • Oceanography
      • Population biology
    • Physical science
      • Chemistry
      • Hydrology
      • Mathematics
      • Physics
      • Statistics
    • Socio/Economic
      • Community involvement
      • History
      • Resource management
      • Traditional Ecological Knowledge
  • Geographic regions
    • Aleutian Islands
    • Arctic Ocean
    • Bering Sea
    • Bristol Bay
    • Kuskokwim River Watershed
    • Kvichak River Watershed
    • Norton Sound
    • Seward Peninsula Streams
    • Yukon River delta
    • Yukon River Watershed
      • Chatanika River
      • Nenana River
      • Salcha River
      • Toklat River
  • Management/Policy/Social
    • Bycatch
    • Capacity building
    • Coastal management
    • Commercial fisheries
    • Escapement
    • Fishing gear performance
    • Harvest strategies
    • International fisheries
    • Recreational fisheries
    • Subsistence fisheries
  • Modeling
    • Method
      • Analytical - Deterministic (e.g. solving PDEs ODEs)
      • Analytical – Probabilistic (stochastic)
      • Inference (e.g. function fitting or Bayesian)
      • Numerical (e.g. finite element or Euler Method)
    • Type
      • Bioenergetics
      • Ecosystem
      • Physical
      • Population
      • Stock assessment
  • Physical science specialties areas
    • Climate/Atmosphere
      • Air-sea heat and moisture exchange
      • Atmospheric pressure systems and disturbance
      • Characterization of regime shifts
      • Climate variability
      • Greenhouse gases
      • Modeling
      • Precipitation and evaporation
      • Remote sensing and instrumentation
      • Water column structure (stratifications)
      • Wind field analysis
    • Physical/Chemical oceanography
      • Circulation currents and mixing
      • Coastal hydrology
      • Freshwater discharge
      • Ocean fronts and eddies
      • Remote sensing and instrumentation
    • Sea ice
      • Ice cover extent and variability
  • Professional activity
    • Data management
    • Data synthesis/Visualization
    • Field research and data collection
    • Fishery management
    • Local Traditional Knowledge (LTK)
    • Management analyst
    • Research program administration
  • Technological expertise/Lab methods
    • Lab methods
      • Calorimetric analysis
      • Fatty acid analysis
      • Genetic analysis
      • Hard part analysis
      • Otolith chemistry
      • Tissue sampling/Biopsy
    • Technology
      • Data base management
      • Drifters
      • Geographic information systems/Mapping
      • Moored observing arrays (e.g. buoys)
      • Other tagging
      • Radio tagging
      • Remote sensing
      • Remote sensing – In Situ
      • Remote sensing – Satellite imagery

Follow Us


facebook

AYK SSI Staff

Karen Gillis
Program Manager

---------------------------
Joseph Spaeder, PhD
Research Coordinator

Our Location

Our Location821 N Street, Suite 103, Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 279-6519 View Map
Top of Page
Copyright © 2025 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim · All rights reserved. Website by Sundog Media, LLC · Log in