Dr. David Noakes' 2012-14 Oregon Sea Sea Grant-supported research project

1. Salmon Geomagnetic Orientation
• The “BIG IDEA”
– HOW do salmon DO it?
– Orientation, homing, migration, navigation
– Homing: straying
• Why is it important to Oregonians?
– Salmon management, conservation, harvest
– Hatchery: Wild considerations
– Coastal energy development

2. Hans Nordeng
An alternative hypothesis for salmon homing – kin
recognition

4. Embryo orientation
Vertical movement in substrate

5. Juvenile behavior – imprinting?
Natural vs Wild environment

6. Adult homing migration
Pacific Ocean – back to home river

7. Orientation: Do Salmon have an app for that?
David L. G. Noakes

8. Research Team
David Noakes, Ken Lohmann, Tom Quinn, Andy Dittman, Jennifer
Nielsen, Carl Schreck, Michael Banks (Pete Klimley, Nathan Putman,
Sam Chan)

9. Education & Outreach
• Adult salmon - fishers
• Hatchery influences on homing and straying
• Citizen science – watershed councils, STEP
• OCAMP – students
• OSU – student research topic course