Winners and Losers: Climate and Pacific Salmon in Coastal Oregon

𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀

Enjoy a variety of free educational presentations hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. Guest speaker presentations will be held most Saturdays at 10:00am, January-March. All events are free and held virtually on Zoom this season.

𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟱 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬𝗮𝗺
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲

Registration required: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_KIb1Hb7UQU-jXfgERoh2lg

Over the millennia, diverse and changing environments led to the mix of native species that now occupy our rivers, oceans, and lands. Native aquatic species are adapted to survive in the range of environmental conditions present in their natural habitats. This adaptation reflects past survival and reproduction by members of the population. In the Pacific Northwest, few species have such diverse behaviors as salmonids. This reflects the complexity of their genetic lineage and allows them to survive in remarkably variable and dynamic stream conditions. One questions scientists are asking is how well salmonids will survive under future climates that may affect their habitats from small headwater streams to salty tidal channels. For species like Pacific salmonids who use habitats from mountains to sea, we would expect different effects from future climate. What we don’t know, is whether our native species have enough adaptive resilience to survive the potentially confounding effects of a changing climate across these varied environments. In this talk, Dr. Flitcroft will discuss the development and adaptation of Pacific salmon to Northwest stream environments, and some of the changes we may expect to see in the future.