The Ecology of Pacific Salmonids Courses

This course on the Ecology of Pacific Salmonids covers the important impact this species has on the ecologic and economic health of western North America. Learn how salmon and trout of the Pacific Coast have continued to evolve in the face of natural disturbances such as floods, fires, volcanoes, wind-throw and disease, and how such influences have helped these species maintain their resiliency. This course will also details how the magnitude of human-caused disturbances may be so great that irreversible changes will occur by increasing the impact that natural disturbances have on aquatic communities, resulting in both acute and chronic consequences for salmonids.