Abstract In the Pacific Northwest of North America, researchers routinely suggest changes in
human use of animals explain hunter-gatherer organizational changes and development of …

The economic benefits of dams have been assumed to outweigh the costs, thus providing
rationale for construction of dams around the world. However, the development of these …

Contemporary evolution of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) is best viewed in the context
of the evolutionary history of the species and the dynamic ecosystems they inhabit …

The Columbia River and its tributaries provide essential spawning and rearing habitat for
many salmonid species, including Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Chinook …

We explore the ecology of Pacific Rim marine ecosystems and the idea that the broad
geographic range of many nearshore food resources facilitated a dispersal of maritime …

We compared the effects of water resource development on migratory fish in two North
American rivers using a descriptive approach based on four high-level indicators:(1) trends …

Rivers are central to debate about the Anthropocene because many human activities from
antiquity focused on channels and floodplains. A literature compilation for the onset of …

Assessing environmental quality often requires selection of indicators that can be employed
over large spatial scales and over long-time periods to assess the health and well-being of …

Karst cave investigations in the south of Haida Gwaii have opened a small window on
human and paleontological components of the early post-glacial landscape. At three cave …

Salmon represented a critical resource for prehistoric foragers along the North Pacific Rim,
and continue to be economically and culturally important; however, the origins of salmon …