Nature Communications (Aug 2020)
Recent declines in salmon body size impact ecosystems and fisheries
- K. B. Oke,
- C. J. Cunningham,
- P. A. H. Westley,
- M. L. Baskett,
- S. M. Carlson,
- J. Clark,
- A. P. Hendry,
- V. A. Karatayev,
- N. W. Kendall,
- J. Kibele,
- H. K. Kindsvater,
- K. M. Kobayashi,
- B. Lewis,
- S. Munch,
- J. D. Reynolds,
- G. K. Vick,
- E. P. Palkovacs
Affiliations
- K. B. Oke
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
- C. J. Cunningham
- College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- P. A. H. Westley
- College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- M. L. Baskett
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California
- S. M. Carlson
- Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California
- J. Clark
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California
- A. P. Hendry
- Department of Biology and Redpath Museum, McGill University
- V. A. Karatayev
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California
- N. W. Kendall
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- J. Kibele
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California
- H. K. Kindsvater
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- K. M. Kobayashi
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
- B. Lewis
- Division of Commercial Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- S. Munch
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
- J. D. Reynolds
- Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
- G. K. Vick
- GKV & Sons, Contracting to Tanana Chiefs Conference
- E. P. Palkovacs
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17726-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
The average body size of salmon has declined rapidly over recent decades. Here the authors quantify changes in body size distributions for Pacific salmon in Alaska and examine the causes and consequences of size declines for ecosystems, food security, and commercial fisheries.
