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Peter Westley

Lowell A Wakefield Chair in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Associate Professor

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Affiliations

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Department of Fisheries

Peter Westley is currently serving as a College Of Fisheries And Ocean Sciences Lowell A Wakefield Chair in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Associate Professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Peter Westley

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Lowell A Wakefield Chair in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Associate Professor

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ecology fish biology evolutionary biology avian biology conservation biology environmental science aquatic ecosystems marine biology animal ecology wildlife evolutionary ecology marine ecology population ecology climate change invasion biology fishery research fishery management oceanography aquatic conservation wildlife ecology fishery science global change biology biology environmental biology pacific salmon population genetics global ecology biological oceanography movement ecology biological evolution adaptation ocean sciences biological invasions freshwater biology climate variability landscape ecology fishery assessment water ecologies invasive species nature livestock science plo biology mammalogy zoology trophic impact benthic ecology marine management spatial ecology freshwater ecosystems reproductive physiology breeding behavior body size short-term variability collective behavior native trout invasive hybridization brown trout phenotypic plasticity non-native brown trout salmo trutta southeast alaska ecosystem impact biodiversity loss spatiotemporal organization collective motion specie distribution evolutionary genetics anthropogenic effects evolutionary rescue changing world theoretical models empirical evidence migratory culture collective animal navigation spatiotemporal patterns legacy introductions evolutionary theory ecology evolution life history evolution life history ecology and evolutionary biology contemporary evolution

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Assessing the Role of Incubation Temperature as a Barrier to Successful Establishment of Coho Salmon ( Oncorhynchus Kisutch ) in a Rapidly Warming Arctic. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Elizabeth D. LindleyKaren M. DunmallPeter A. H. Westley

ecophysiologyenvironmental sciencefunctional ecologyecologyfuture scenarioaquaculturefish biologybiological evolutionsuccessful establishmentcoho salmonincubation temperatureextreme environmentsbehavioral ecologyecology and evolutionary biologyconservation biologyanimal ecologyevolutionary biologypopulation ecologyevolutionary ecologyclimate changeenvironmental biology

Phenotypic Sorting of Pink Salmon Hatchery Strays May Alleviate Adverse Impacts of Reduced Variation in Fitness‐Associated Traits. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Julia McMahonSamuel A. MayPeter S. RandKristen B. GormanMegan V. McPheePeter A. H. Westley

reduced variationbiological evolutionphenotypic sortingfitness-associated traitsecology and evolutionary biologyecologyevolutionary biology

Acoustic Telemetry Yields Stock Membership Clues for Coho Salmon Harvested in Coastal Fisheries. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (2024)

Luke H. HensleeRenae IvanoffZachary W. LillerPeter A. H. WestleyAndrew C. Seitz

acoustical oceanographycoastal fisheriesfisheriesfishery researchcoho salmonecologyfishery science

Estuarine Dispersal of an Invasive Holarctic Predator (Esox Lucius) Confirmed in North America. PLoS ONE (2024)

Matthew J. WoollerParker BradleyKaren J. SpaletaRobert L. MassengillKristine DunkerPeter A. H. Westley

marine ecologyestuarine dispersalnorth americaesox luciusecologyinvasive holarctic predator

Methods and Approach to the Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Alaska Arctic Salmon Workshop: Critical Self-Reflections From Fisheries Scientists. Arctic Science (2024)

Elizabeth D. LindleyPeter A. H. Westley

critical self-reflectionsintercultural studiesenvironmental sciencefishery researchfisheries scientistsfishery sciencecultural diversity

Salmon Hatchery Strays Can Demographically Boost Wild Populations at the Cost of Diversity: Quantitative Genetic Modelling of Alaska Pink Salmon. Royal Society Open Science (2024)

Samuel A. MayKyle R. SheddKristen M. GruenthalJeffrey J. HardWilliam D. TemplinCharles D. WatersMilo D. AdkisonEric J. WardChristopher HabichtLorna I. WilsonAlex C. WertheimerPeter A. H. Westley

population ecologyopen sciencewild populationssalmon hatchery straysgenetic diversityquantitative genetic modellingconservation biologyecologyalaska pink salmonevolutionary biology

Social Influences Complement Environmental Cues to Stimulate Migrating Juvenile Salmon. Research Square (Research Square) (2024)

Maria KururvillaThomas P. QuinnJoseph H. AndersonMark D. ScheuerellErika M. MillerAndrew G. BergerConnie OkasakiJohn R. McMillanGeorge R. PessPeter A.H. WestleyAndrew M. Berdahl

animal behaviorwildlifefish biologyavian biologywildlife ecologyjuvenile salmonanimal ecologyconservation biologymovement ecologyecology

The Cost of Hatchery Straying: An Economic Case Study on Alaska Pink Salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2024)

Samuel MayPeter A. H. Westley

fish biologyfishery managementeconomic case studyeconomicsfisheriesfishery researchhatchery strayingcommercial fishingalaska pink salmonfishery science

Acute Toxicity of Copper to Three Species of Pacific Salmon Fry in Water With Low Hardness and Low Dissolved Organic Carbon. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2023)

Drew E. PorterJeffrey M. MorrisMichelle P. TrifariMatthew J. WoollerPeter A. H. WestleyKristen B. GormanBenjamin D. Barst

environmental toxicologyacute toxicitylow hardnesspacific salmon fry

Genomics Reveal the Origins and Current Structure of a Genetically Depauperate Freshwater Species in Its Introduced Alaskan Range. Evolutionary Applications (2023)

Matthew A CampbellMatthew C HaleChase S JalbertKristine DunkerAdam J SepulvedaJ Andrés LópezJeffrey A FalkePeter A H Westley

genomicscurrent structureintroduced alaskan rangegeneticsevolutionary biology

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Peter Westley

Lowell A Wakefield Chair in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Associate Professor

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Affiliations

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Department of Fisheries

Peter Westley is currently serving as a College Of Fisheries And Ocean Sciences Lowell A Wakefield Chair in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Associate Professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Honors

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Peter Westley

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Lowell A Wakefield Chair in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Assessing the Role of Incubation Temperature as a Barrier to Successful Establishment of Coho Salmon ( Oncorhynchus Kisutch ) in a Rapidly Warming Arctic. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Elizabeth D. LindleyKaren M. DunmallPeter A. H. Westley

Phenotypic Sorting of Pink Salmon Hatchery Strays May Alleviate Adverse Impacts of Reduced Variation in Fitness‐Associated Traits. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Julia McMahonSamuel A. MayPeter S. RandKristen B. GormanMegan V. McPheePeter A. H. Westley

reduced variationbiological evolutionphenotypic sortingfitness-associated traitsecology and evolutionary biologyecologyevolutionary biology

Acoustic Telemetry Yields Stock Membership Clues for Coho Salmon Harvested in Coastal Fisheries. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (2024)

Luke H. HensleeRenae IvanoffZachary W. LillerPeter A. H. WestleyAndrew C. Seitz

acoustical oceanographycoastal fisheriesfisheriesfishery researchcoho salmonecologyfishery science

Estuarine Dispersal of an Invasive Holarctic Predator (Esox Lucius) Confirmed in North America. PLoS ONE (2024)

Matthew J. WoollerParker BradleyKaren J. SpaletaRobert L. MassengillKristine DunkerPeter A. H. Westley

marine ecologyestuarine dispersalnorth americaesox luciusecologyinvasive holarctic predator

Methods and Approach to the Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Alaska Arctic Salmon Workshop: Critical Self-Reflections From Fisheries Scientists. Arctic Science (2024)

Elizabeth D. LindleyPeter A. H. Westley

critical self-reflectionsintercultural studiesenvironmental sciencefishery researchfisheries scientistsfishery sciencecultural diversity

Salmon Hatchery Strays Can Demographically Boost Wild Populations at the Cost of Diversity: Quantitative Genetic Modelling of Alaska Pink Salmon. Royal Society Open Science (2024)

Samuel A. MayKyle R. SheddKristen M. GruenthalJeffrey J. HardWilliam D. TemplinCharles D. WatersMilo D. AdkisonEric J. WardChristopher HabichtLorna I. WilsonAlex C. WertheimerPeter A. H. Westley

population ecologyopen sciencewild populationssalmon hatchery straysgenetic diversityquantitative genetic modellingconservation biologyecologyalaska pink salmonevolutionary biology

Social Influences Complement Environmental Cues to Stimulate Migrating Juvenile Salmon. Research Square (Research Square) (2024)

Maria KururvillaThomas P. QuinnJoseph H. AndersonMark D. ScheuerellErika M. MillerAndrew G. BergerConnie OkasakiJohn R. McMillanGeorge R. PessPeter A.H. WestleyAndrew M. Berdahl

animal behaviorwildlifefish biologyavian biologywildlife ecologyjuvenile salmonanimal ecologyconservation biologymovement ecologyecology

The Cost of Hatchery Straying: An Economic Case Study on Alaska Pink Salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2024)

Samuel MayPeter A. H. Westley

fish biologyfishery managementeconomic case studyeconomicsfisheriesfishery researchhatchery strayingcommercial fishingalaska pink salmonfishery science

Acute Toxicity of Copper to Three Species of Pacific Salmon Fry in Water With Low Hardness and Low Dissolved Organic Carbon. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2023)

Drew E. PorterJeffrey M. MorrisMichelle P. TrifariMatthew J. WoollerPeter A. H. WestleyKristen B. GormanBenjamin D. Barst

environmental toxicologyacute toxicitylow hardnesspacific salmon fry

Genomics Reveal the Origins and Current Structure of a Genetically Depauperate Freshwater Species in Its Introduced Alaskan Range. Evolutionary Applications (2023)

Matthew A CampbellMatthew C HaleChase S JalbertKristine DunkerAdam J SepulvedaJ Andrés LópezJeffrey A FalkePeter A H Westley

genomicscurrent structureintroduced alaskan rangegeneticsevolutionary biology

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