July 22-24, 2009
The Diadromous Species Restoration Research Network Science Meeting 2009
Restoration of Diadromous Fishes and Their Ecosystems: Confluence of Science and Restoration
July 22-24, 2009
University of Maine, Orono, ME
The goals of this meeting were to provide an opportunity to shape dialog about the future of diadromous species restoration and research; to join together a growing network of researchers and managers focused on these species and their habitat in the North Atlantic (including an ambitious dam removal project on the Penobscot River); and to contribute to the planning of future workshops on top priority science questions.
CONFERENCE MATERIALS
Plenary Speaker Presentations
- George Pess, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center: “Open It and They Will Come: Examples of river reconnection and salmon colonization from the Pacific Rim“
- Margaret Palmer, University of Maryland: ” Life After Death: Can Chesapeake Bay Tributaries be Revived?” (This PPT is unavailable at the request of the presenter).
- David Montgomery, University of Washington: “King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon”
- Gerald Chaput, Fisheries and Oceans Canada: “Temporal and spatial variation in abundance and distribution of diadromous fish in an unimpacted large river: A case study from the Miramichi River.
Break Out Sessions
Ecosystem Interactions
Synergistic interactions and productivity; role of marine-derived nutrients; legacy geomorphological features; habitat availability and use
Restorations as Experiments
Designing projects to answer science questions; contemporary alterations to ecosystems; adaptive management of restoration efforts
Natural Variability
Natural variability in diadromous fish populations when dams are not a factor; setting restoration targets; what baseline population numbers should be used?