Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center

2009 Awarded Research Projects

Principal Investigator(s)	Project
Shannon Atkinson	Impact of health and maternal investment on survival of endangered Steller Sea Lion pups
Nicola Hillgruber	Feeding patterns, prey selection, and potential dietary overlap of age-0 pelagic juveniles of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) during a cold summer in the eastern Bering Sea
Jeremy Mathis	Present and future impacts of ocean acidification on juvenile walleye pollock metabolic processes and growth rates
Jo-Ann Mellish	Consummate and consumed predators: Assessing killer whale predation on juvenile Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska.
Amanda Rosenberger	Continuing to increase experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students in fisheries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Terrance Quinn II	Workshop on spatial structure and dynamics of walleye pollock in the Bering Sea

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Research projects

PCC News

Research center awards $500,000 to marine, fisheries scientists (April 8, 2008)
Fisheries center funds $300,000 in new research projects (March 27, 2007)
UAF names Keith Criddle to Stevens Professorship (February 24, 2006)
Pollock fleet provides record funding (January 31, 2006)

Contact PCCRC

Denis Wiesenburg, PCCRC Director
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks
P.O. Box 757220
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220

Phone: (907) 474-7210
Fax: (907) 474-7204
Email: wiesenburg@sfos.uaf.edu

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