Evolutionary Changes and Salmon Symposium

December 7, 2006 Seattle

**0830 Welcome**

**0840** *Introduction/background* (Robin Waples, Northwest Fisheries
Science Center)

**0900** *Overview of evolutionary considerations* **(**Ruth Shaw,
University of Minnesota)

**Salmon Primer**

#### 0930 *The life history of salmonid fishes: nature, nurture, and the hand of man* (Tom Quinn, University of Washington) 

**1000** *Changes to salmon habitats, environments, and ecosystems:
Pulses, presses, and spatial extent* (Mary Power et al., University of
California Berkeley)

**1030** Break

**1050** *Harvest & hatchery impacts on salmon* (Ray Hilborn, University
of Washington)

#### Evolution Primer

**1120** *Selection* (Stevan Arnold, Oregon State University)

**1150** *Evolutionary rates in natural populations of salmon and other
vertebrates* (Andrew Hendry, McGill University)

**1220** Lunch (provided on site)

**1320** *Phenotypic plasticity: what is it and why is it important?*
(Sonia Sultan, Wesleyan University)

**1340** *Phenotypic plasticity: what does it mean for salmon?* (Jeff
Hutchings, Dalhousie University)

**1400** *Variation, selection and evolution of function-valued traits*
(Joel Kingsolver, University of North Carolina)

**1430** *Habitat fragmentation and population structure* (Michael
Whitlock, University of British Columbia)

**1500** Break

**1520** *Evolution under size-selective harvesting* (Richard Law,
University of York)

**Case studies**

**1550** *Evolution of disease resistance in transplanted Chinook
salmon* (Maureen Purcell, US Geological Survey, Seattle)

**1610** *Response to global warming: A perspective based on Atlantic
salmon* (Bill Bradshaw, University of Oregon)

**1630 Poster session** (until 1830)

**Evolutionary Changes and Salmon**

**Workshop Participants (Dec 8-9)**

Chair\*

*1. Evolutionary consequences of size-selective harvest*

Jeff Hard (NWFSC)\*

Robert Kope (NWFSC)

Mart Gross (U. Toronto)

Mikko Heino (Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway)

Ray Hilborn (U. Washington)

Richard Law (U. York, Heslington, U.K.)

John Reynolds (Simon Fraser U.)

*2. Anthropogenic influences on salmon disease prevalence and
resistance*

Jim Winton (US Geological Survey, Seattle)\*

Michael Antolin (Colorado State U.)

Ben Kerr (U. Washington)

Maureen Purcell (US Geological Survey, Seattle)

Carl Schreck (Oregon State U.)

John Wingfield (U. Washington)

*3. Evolutionary responses of Pacific Northwest salmon to global climate
change*

Pete Lawson (NWFSC)\*

James Battin (NWFSC)

Bill Bradshaw (U. Oregon)

Andrew Hendry (McGill U.)

Ray Huey (U. Washington)

Nate Mantua (U. Washington)

Ruth Shaw (U. Minnesota)

*4. Selective loss of habitat types and effects on life history
diversity within and among populations*

Michelle McClure (NWFSC)\*

Tim Beechie (NWFSC)

George Pess (NWFSC)

Beth Sanderson (NWFSC)

Rich Carmichael (Eastern Oregon State College)

Mary Power (UC Berkeley)

Tom Quinn (U. Washington)

Sonia Sultan (Wesleyan U.)

*5. Evolutionary response to changes in water flow regimes and
temperature patterns caused by hydropower operation*

Ashley Steel (NWFSC)\*

Krista Bartz (NWFSC)

Brian Beckman (NWFSC)

Mark Scheuerell (NWFSC)

Michael Angilletta (Indiana State U.)

Aline Cotel (U. Michigan)

Jeff Graham (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

Joel Kingsolver (U. North Carolina)

Don Percival (U. Washington)

Paul Webb (U. Michigan)

*6. Habitat fragmentation and population structure*

Mike Ford (NWFSC)\*

Tom Cooney (NWFSC)

Paul Moran (NWFSC)

Jody Hey (Rutgers U.)

Jarle Tufto (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)

Michael Whitlock (U. British Columbia)

*7. Snake River fall chinook salmon: a case study in evolutionary
responses to multiple*

*anthropogenic changes*

John Williams (NWFSC)\*

Steve Arnold (Oregon State U.)

Billy Connor (USFWS, Idaho)

Jay Hesse (Nez Perce Tribe)

Jeff Hutchings (Dalhousie U.)

Nils Ryman (Stockholm U.)

Floaters:

Joe Travis (Florida State U.)

Gardner Brown (U. Washington, emeritus)

Lisa Crozier (NWFSC)

Mark Plummer (NWFSC)

Robin Waples (NWFSC)

Rich Zabel (NWFSC)

Tim Sheehan (Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole)

Sue Sogard (Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz)