Spring 2010 presentation on salmon research efforts

1. Fishing for mechanisms regulating senescence in
sockeye salmon
Steven Roberts
Tom Quinn
Leslie Jensen
Caroline Storer

3. salmon biology

4. salmon biology
environmental change

5. model for aging

6. model for aging

7. model for aging

8. resource allocation

9. resource allocation

10. natural selection and heritability

11. natural selection and heritability

12. What physiological processes regulate senescence?

13. Research to date

15. Hansen Creek
2009

23. what’s next?
focus

24. what’s next?
focus on cellular mechanism

25. what’s next?
focus on cellular mechanism

26. what’s next? Senescence rate
Bear Nutrients
Temperature
Climate
Humans
Salmon
Stream Toxins
Food

27. what’s next? Senescence rate
Bear Nutrients
Temperature
Climate
focus Humans
Salmon
Stream Toxins
Food

28. Summer 2010
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29. Summer 2010
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30. Summer 2010
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• Fin clip and tag early arriving fish
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31. Summer 2010
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• Fin clip and tag early arriving fish
• Fin clip and tag late arriving fish
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32. Summer 2010
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• Fin clip and tag early arriving fish
• Fin clip and tag late arriving fish
• Fin clip each day
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• Sacrifice day 6 & 7 post tag

33. Summer 2010
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• Fin clip and tag early arriving fish
• Fin clip and tag late arriving fish
• Fin clip each day
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• Sacrifice day 6 & 7 post tag
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