After the Indicator: The road to recovery for Puget Sound herring An “IEA on the ground” story Tessa Francis – UW Tacoma Ole Shelton - NOAA Fisheries Phil Levin - NOAA Fisheries
Jun 22, 2015
After the Indicator:The road to recovery for Puget Sound herring
"An “IEA on the ground” story!
Tessa Francis – UW Tacoma ""Ole Shelton - NOAA Fisheries ""Phil Levin - NOAA Fisheries" "
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Seattle"
Tacoma"
: Restore by 2020"Puget Sound!"2nd-largest estuary in US"
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment"(IEA)"framework for recovery"
Levin et al. 2009. PLOS Biology
1: Define Ecosystem Goals"2: Develop Indicators"
1: Define Ecosystem Goals"2: Develop Indicators"
3: Conduct Risk Assessment""
Samhouri and Levin 2012
Coastal Development poses greatest risk to herring"
Puget Sound herring are declining"
4: Assess Indicator Status "
Egg#deposi*on#
Acous*cs#and#trawls#
Siple and Francis in review, J. of Animal Ecology
5: Evaluate Management Strategies"
Slide courtesy of Chris Harvey
5: Evaluate Management Strategies"
Slide courtesy of Chris Harvey
Juv Chinook Juv herring Forage fish
Chinook Herring
Seals/Sea Lions
Macro Zooplankton
Zooplankton
5: Evaluate Management Strategies"
Are there trade-offs
among ecosystem indicators?"
6: Monitoring and Adaptive Management"
Are herring populations limited by spawning habitat?"
6: Monitoring and Adaptive Management"
Are herring populations limited by spawning habitat?"
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Shelton et al. MEPS In Press
Thank you.
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