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Fisheries Division
11120 Glacier Highway
UAF Fisheries Division
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: (907) 796-2056
Fax: (907) 796-2050
milo.adkison@uaf.edu

Milo Adkison Associate Professor

Commercial Fisheries • Fisheries and Conservation • Fisheries Population and Biometry • Fishery Management

Specialties

Courses

Spring 2008

Fall 2008

Research Overview

My research interests include the implications of climate fluctuations for commercial fisheries; salmon abundance forecasts which incorporate climatic influences; model selection methodologies for ecological and fisheries data sets; genetics of captive breeding programs; and conservation and population dynamics of small populations.

Selected Publications

Farley, E.V. Jr, J.M. Murphy, M.D. Adkison, L. Haldorson, L.B. Eisner. In press. Annual variations in condition indices and habitat associations of juvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) along the eastern Bering Sea shelf. Journal of Fish Biology.

Farley, E.V. Jr, J.M. Murphy, M.D. Adkison, L.B. Eisner, J.H. Helle, J.H. Moss, and J.Nielsen. 2007. Early marine growth in relation to marine-stage survival rates for Alaska sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Fishery Bulletin 105:121-130.

Shotwell, S.K., M.D. Adkison, and D.H. Hanselman. 2005 . Accounting for climate variability in forecasting Alaskan chum salmon in data-limited situations. pp. ??-?? In: Kruse, G.H., V.F. Gallucci, D.E. Hay, R.I. Perry, R.M. Peterman, T.C. Shirley, P.D. Spencer, B. Wilson, and D. Woodby (eds.), Fisheries assessment and management in data-limited s ituations. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Briscoe, R.J., M.D. Adkison, A. Wertheimer., S.G. Taylor. 2005. Biophysical factors associated with the marine survival of Auke Creek, Alaska coho salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:817–828.

Shotwell, S.K., and M.D. Adkison. 2004. Estimating indices of abundance and escapement of Pacific salmon for data limited situations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:538-558.

Adkison, M.D., and B.P. Finney. 2003. The long-term outlook for salmon returns to Alaska. Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin 10:83-94.

Shotwell, S.K., and M.D. Adkison. In press. Estimating indices of abundance and escapement of Pacific salmon for data limited situations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Adkison, M.D., T.J. Quinn II, and R.J. Small. 2003. Evaluation of the Alaska harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) population survey: a simulation study. Marine Mammal Science 19:764-790.

Su, Z. and M.D. Adkison. 2002. Optimal inseason management of pink salmon given uncertain run sizes and seasonal changes in economic value. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59:1648-1659.

Adkison, M.D. 2002. Preseason forecasts of pink salmon harvests in SE Alaska using Bayesian model averaging. Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin 9:1-8.

Adkison, M.D., and Z. Su. 2001. A comparison of salmon escapement estimates using a hierarchical Bayesian approach versus separate maximum likelihood estimation of each year’s return. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1663-1671.

Su, Z., M.D. Adkison, and B.W. Van Alen. 2001. A hierarchical Bayesian model for estimating historical salmon escapement and escapement timing Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1648-1662.

Adkison, M.D., and R.M. Peterman. 1999. The predictability of Bristol Bay, Alaska sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) returns 1 to 4 years in the future. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 20:69-80.

Adkison, M.D., B. Ballachey, J. Bodkin, and L. Holland-Bartels. 1998. Integrating ecosystem studies: a Bayesian comparison of hypotheses. pp. 495-509. In: F. Funk, J.N. Ianelli, T.J. Quinn II, and P.J. Sullivan (eds.) Proceedings of the international symposium on fishery stock assessment models for the 21st century. Alaska Sea Grant College Program. AK-SG-98-01.

Peterman, R.M., B.J. Pyper, M.F. Lapointe, M.D. Adkison, C.J. Walters. 1998. Patterns of covariation in survival rates of British Columbia and Alaskan sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) stocks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:2503-2517.

Adkison, M.D., R.M. Peterman, M.F. Lapointe, D.M. Gillis, and J. Korman. 1996. Alternative models of climatic effects on sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) production in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and the Fraser River, British Columbia. Fisheries Oceanography 5:137-152

Adkison, M.D., and R.M. Peterman. 1996. Results of Bayesian methods depend on details of implementation: an example estimating salmon escapement goals. Fisheries Research 25: 155-170.

Quinn, T.P., M.D. Adkison, and M.B. Ward. 1996. Behavioral tactics of male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) under varying operating sex ratios. Ethology 102: 304-322

Adkison, M.D. 1995. Population differentiation in Pacific salmon: local adaptation, genetic drift, or the environment? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 2762-2777.

Pascual, M.A. and M.D. Adkison. 1994. The decline of the Steller sea lion in the northeast Pacific: demography, harvest or environment? Ecological Applications 4: 393-403. Recipient of the Wildlife Publications Award from the Wildlife Society.