PUBLICATIONS

Primary Publications

Welch, D.W., M.C. Melnychuk, J. Payne, E.L. Rechisky, A. Porter, G. Jackson, B. Ward, S. Vincent, J. Semmens (2011) In Situ Measurement of Coastal Ocean Movements and Survival of Juvenile Pacific Salmon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(21): 8708-8713, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1014044108. Available at: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/05/10/1014044108.

Wood CC, Welch DW, Godbout L, Cameron J Acoustic Tagging To Compare Marine Migratory Behaviour Of Anadromous And Non-Anadromous Sockeye Salmon. American Fisheries Society  Advances in Fish Tagging and Marking Technology. In Press.

Balfry S, Welch DW, Atkinson J, Lill A, Vincent S (2011) The Effect of Hatchery Release Strategy on Marine Migratory Behaviour and Apparent Survival of Seymour River Steelhead Smolts (Oncorhynchus mykiss). PLoS ONE 6(3): e14779. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014779. Available here.

Cooperman MS, Hinch SG, Crossin GT, Cooke SJ, Patterson DA, et al. (2010) Effects of changes to salinity and reproductive state on physiological condition and mortality in laboratory-held homing adult sockeye salmon.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83(3):459–472. Available at: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/650473.

Melnychuk MC, Welch DW, Walters CJ (2010) Spatio-Temporal Migration Patterns of Pacific Salmon Smolts in Rivers and Coastal Marine Waters. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12916.  Available at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012916.

Rechisky EL, Welch DW (2010) Surgical implantation of acoustic tags: Influence of tag loss and tag-induced mortality on free-ranging and hatchery-held spring Chinook (O tschawytscha) smolts. In: Wolf KS, O’Neal JS,  editors PNAMP Special Publication: Tagging, Telemetry and Marking Measures for Monitoring Fish Populations—A compendium of new and recent science for use in informing technique and decision modalities: Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Special Publication 2010-002. pp. 69-94.http://www.pnamp.org/node/2890.

Pincock D, Welch DW, McKinley SG, Jackson G (2010) Acoustic Telemetry for Studying Migration Movements of Small Fish in Rivers and the Ocean—Current Capabilities and Future Possibilities. In: Wolf KS, O’Neal JS, editors. PNAMP Special Publication: Tagging, Telemetry and Marking Measures for Monitoring Fish Populations—A compendium of new and recent science for use in informing technique and decision modalities: Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Special Publication 2010-002. pp. 107-119. Available at: http://www.pnamp.org/node/2892.

Chittenden CM, Melnychuk MC, Welch DW, McKinley SM (2010) An Investigation Into the Poor Survival of an Endangered Coho Salmon Population. PLoS ONE  5(5): e10869. Available at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0010869.

Chittenden CM, Jensen J, Ewart D, Anderson S, Balfry, et al. (2010) Recent Salmon Declines: A Result of Lost Feeding Opportunities Due to Bad Timing? PLoS ONE 5(8): e12423. Available at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012423.

Payne J, Andrews K, Chittenden C, Crossin G, Goetz F, et al. (2010) Studying Movements And Survival Of Marine Animals With Large-Scale Acoustic Arrays. In: McIntyre AD, Editor. Life in the World’s Oceans: Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance. Blackwell Publishing Ltd (Oxford).  pp 269-290.

Trudel M,  Fisher J, Orsi J, Morris JFT, Thiess ME, et al. (2009) Distribution and migration of juvenile Chinook salmon derived from coded-wire tag recoveries along the continental shelf of western North America.  Trans Amer Fish Soc 138: 1369-1391. Available at: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=22218365.

Crossin GT, Hinch SG, Cooke SJ, Cooperman MS, Patterson DA, et al. (2009) Mechanisms influencing the timing and success of reproductive migration in a capital breeding, semelparous fish species:  the sockeye salmon.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82: 635-652. Available at: http://faculty.forestry.ubc.ca/hinch/Crossin_etal_PBZ_2009.pdf.

Crossin, GT, Hinch SG, Welch DW, Cooke SJ, Patterson DA, et al. (2009)  Physiological profiles of maturing oceanic sockeye salmon and the effects of exogenous GnRH and testosterone on rates of homeward migration. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. Available at:http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/10236240902846770.

Greene CH, Block BA, Welch DW, Jackson G, Lawson GL (2009) The Emergence of Conservation Oceanography and its Role in the Management of Marine Fisheries.  Oceanography 22(1):210-223.

Welch DW, Melnychuk MC, Rechisky EL, Porter AD, Jacobs MC, et al. (2009) Freshwater and marine migration and survival of endangered Cultus Lake sockeye salmon smolts using POST, a large-scale acoustic telemetry array. Can J Fish Aquat Sci  66(5):736-750. Available at:http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/F09-032?journalCode=cjfas or download pdf here.

Rechisky ER, Welch DW, Porter AD, Jacobs MC, Ladouceur A (2009) Experimental measurement of hydrosystem-induced mortality in juvenile Snake River spring Chinook salmon using a large-scale acoustic array.  Can J Fish Aquat Sci 66:1019–1024. Available at: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/F09-078.

Chittenden CM, Butterworth KG, Cubitt KF, Jacobs MC, Ladouceur A, et al. (2009) Maximum tag to body size ratios for an endangered coho salmon (O kisutch) stock based on physiology and performance.   Environmental Biology of Fishes: 84(1):129-140.  PDF available here

Lindley ST, Moser ML,  Erickson DF, Belchik M, Welch DW, et al. (2008). Marine Migration of North American Green Sturgeon. Trans Amer Fish Soc 137(1):182–194. Available at: http://coastalwatersheds.ca.gov/portals/1/HumboldtBay/Monitor/docs/Fish_NMFS_sturgeon.pdf.

Crossin GT, Hinch SG, Cooke SJ, Welch DW, Batten SD, et al. (2008) Exposure To High Temperature Influences. The Behaviour, Physiology, And Survival of Sockeye Salmon During Spawning Migration. Canadian J Zoology  86:127-140. Available at: http://faculty.forestry.ubc.ca/hinch/Crossin%20et%20al.%202008%20CJZ.pdf.

Welch DW, Rechisky EL, Melnychuk MC, Porter AD, Walters CJ, et al. (2008) Survival of Migrating Salmon Smolts in Large Rivers With and Without Dams.  PLoS Biology 6(10):e265. Available at:http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060265.

Cooke SJ, Hinch SG, Farrell AP, Patterson DA, Miller-Saunders K, et al. (2008) Developing a mechanistic understanding of fish migrations by linking telemetry with physiology, behaviour, genomics and experimental biology: An interdisciplinary case study on adult Fraser River sockeye salmon.  Fisheries 33:321-338. Available at: http://faculty.forestry.ubc.ca/hinch/Cooke%20et%20al%20Migration_study_approaches_Fisheries_2008.pdf.

Crossin GT, Hinch SG, Cooke SJ, Welch DW, Batten SD, et al. (2007) Behaviour and physiology of sockeye salmon homing through coastal waters to a natal river. Marine Biology 152:905-918. Available at:http://www.springerlink.com/content/r6557t644064m27u/.

Melnychuk MC, Welch DW, Walters CJ, Christensen V (2007) Riverine and early ocean migration and mortality patterns of juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from the Cheakamus River, British Columbia.  Hydrobiologia 582:55–65. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0541-1.

Fisher J, Trudel M, Ammann A, Orsi JA, Piccolo J,  et al. (2007) Comparisons of the coastal distributions and abundances of juvenile Pacific salmon from central California to the northern Gulf of Alaska.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 57: 31-80. Read PDF here

Welch DW, Batten SD, Ward BR (2007) Growth, survival, and tag retention of steelhead trout (O mykiss) surgically implanted with dummy acoustic tags. Hydrobiologia  582:289–299. Available at:http://www.springerlink.com/content/a156301w20280x52/.

Welch DW, Turo S, Batten SD (2006) Large-scale Marine and Freshwater Movements of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Trans Amer Fish Soc 135:386–389.  Available at:http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1577/T05-197.1.

Welch DW, Ward BR, Batten SD (2004) Early ocean survival and marine movements of hatchery and wild steelhead trout (O mykiss) determined by an acoustic array: Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia.  Deep-Sea Research Vol 51(6-9):897-909. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.05.010.

Welch DW, Boehlert GW, Ward BR (2002) POST–the Pacific Ocean Salmon Tracking Project.  Oceanologica Acta  25: 243-253.  Available at: Sciencedirect.com.

Secondary Publications

Welch DW (2010) POST Array-Based Measurements of Coastal Ocean Survival of Juvenile Salmon, 2006-2009. In:  Crawford WR, Irving JR editors. State Of Physical, Biological, And Selected Fishery Resources Of Pacific Canadian Marine Ecosystems In 2009. DFO Can Sci Advis Sec Res Doc 2010/053 viii + 137 p. pp. 125-131.    Available at: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CSAS/Csas/Publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2010/2010_053_e.htm.

Porter AD, Welch DW, Rechisky EL, Jacobs MC, Lydersen H, et al. (2010) Marine and Freshwater Measurement of Delayed and Differential-Delayed Mortality of Snake River Spring Chinook Smolts Using a Continental-Scale Acoustic Telemetry Array. 2009  Report to the Bonneville Power Administration by Kintama Research Corporation, Contract No 46389, Project No 2003-114-00. 364 p. Available at: https://pisces.bpa.gov/release/documents/documentviewer.aspx?doc=P117408.

Porter AD, Welch DW, Rechisky EL, Jacobs MC, Lydersen H, et al.  (2010) 2006-09 Multiyear Summary & Key Findings from the Pilot-Stage Acoustic Telemetry Study on Hydrosystem and Early Ocean Survival of Columbia River Salmon.  Report to the Bonneville Power Administration by Kintama Research Corporation, Contract No 46389, Project No 2003-114-00. 43 p. Available at: https://pisces.bpa.gov/release/documents/documentviewer.aspx?doc=P117409.

Welch DW, Lydersen H, Porter AD, Neaga L, Muirhead Y (2010) Acoustic Telemetry Measurements of Survival and Movements of Adult Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) within the Bulkley River, 2009.  Final Report to the BC Ministry of the Environment by Kintama Research. 49 p. Available at: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=20078.

Lydersen H, Porter AD. Welch DW (2009) Salmon River Fishway Assessment Study. Final Report 14 October 2010. Campbell River Salmon Foundations Contract No 09.cbr.06. 29 p.  PDF available here.

Welch DW (2010) Location & Timing Of Poor Marine Survival Causing The 2009 Fraser Sockeye Failure: Elevated Smolt Mortality After Migration Through Discovery Passage & Queen Charlotte Strait. Submission to the Cohen Commission, 12 July 2010. 17 p. Available at: http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/submissions/ViewASubmission.php?sub=127.

Lydersen H, Williams S, Jacobs MC, Muirhead Y, Welch DW (2009) Salmon River Adult Fishway Assessment Study. Final Report 23 February 2009. DFO Contract No F1103-080071. 31 p.  PDF available here.

Welch DW, Jacobs MC, Lydersen H, Porter AD, Williams S, et al. (2009) Acoustic Telemetry Measurements of Survival and Movements of Adult Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) within the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers, 2008. Final Report to the BC Ministry of the Environment by Kintama Research, 47 p. Available at: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=20077.

Melnychuk M, Hausch S, McCubbing D, Welch D (2009) Acoustic tracking of hatchery-reared and wild Cheakamus River steelhead smolts to address residualisation and early ocean survival. Final Report on 2002-2008 Study, Submitted to Canadian National Railways. 125 p.

Porter AD, Welch DW, Rechisky ER, Jacobs MC, Winchell P, et al. (2009) Results from the POST Pilot-Stage Acoustic Telemetry Study on Survival of Columbia River Salmon, 2007.  Report to the Bonneville Power Administration by Kintama Research Corporation, Contract No 00040974, Project No 2003-114-00,  169 p., (BPA Report Document ID: #P114364), Available at: http://pisces.bpa.gov/release/documents/documentviewer.aspx?doc=P114364.

Porter AD, Welch DW, Rechisky ER, Jacobs MC, Winchell P, et al. (2009) Results from the POST Pilot-Stage Acoustic Telemetry Study on Survival of Columbia River Salmon, 2008  Report to the Bonneville Power Administration by Kintama Research Corporation, Contract No 2003-114-00, Grant No 00021107,  267 electronic Pp. (BPA Report Document ID: #P114363). Available at: http://pisces.bpa.gov/release/documents/documentviewer.aspx?doc=P114363.

Melnychuk M, McCubbing D, Welch DW (2008) Acoustic tracking of hatchery-reared and wild Cheakamus River steelhead smolts to address residualisation and early ocean survival. Final Report for 2007 phase of study, Submitted to CN and Ministry of Environment.  March 13, 2008. 22 p.

Welch DW (2008) Determination of Cultus Lake Sockeye Run Timing and Survival for Out-migrating Smolts and Returning Adults in 2007. Final Report to the Pacific Salmon Foundation, Project No 07350-35/FSWP 07 H 19, March 14, 2008. 24 p.

Welch DW (2007)  Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Project; Results from the Acoustic Tracking Study on Survival of Columbia River Salmon, 2005-2006 Annual Report, Project No 00311400, 98 p. (BPA Report DOE/BP-00021107-1). Read PDF here.

Welch DW,  Gaboury I,  Melnychuk M, O’Dor R (2006) Applications of the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking System (POST): A Permanent Continental-Scale Acoustic Tracking Array for Fisheries Research & Ocean Observation.  Marine Technology Society. Sept 2006 pp.1-5. Available at:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?reload=true&tp=&arnumber=4099020&isnumber=4098825.

Kristianson G. Welch DW (2006) Juvenile Salmon: Migration Routes and Survival Results from the Demonstration Phase of the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project (POST).  N Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report No 7:17-18

Tsang P, Melnychuk MC, Welch DW  (2005)  A continental-scale ocean observation system to gather biological and oceanographic data for marine resource management. Proceedings of OCEANS 2005, MTS/IEEE  3:2179-2182. Available at: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1640087&isnumber=34367.

Welch DW, Kristianson G, Tsang P (2005) Report on the 2004-05 Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Project- Objectives, Goals, & Initial Results.  N Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Document No 903.

Welch DW, Gaboury I (2005) Assessment of Coquitlam Reservoir Salmon Migration Pathways.  Project #05Co02, BC Hydro Fish & Wildlife Bridge Coastal Restoration Program, Final Report, November 14, 2005. 66 p.  Available at: http://www.bchydro.com/bcrp/projects/docs/bridge_river/05CO02.pdf.

Welch DW (2005) Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project (POST); Results from the Acoustic Tracking Study on Survival of Columbia River Salmon, 2004-2005. Annual Report, Project No200311400, 36 p. (BPA Report DOE/BP-00017522-2). Read PDF here.

Welch DW (2005) Determination of Cultus Lake Sockeye Run Timing and Survival: Out-Migrating Smolts and Returning Adults. Final Report to the Pacific Salmon Commission, Contract No SF-2005-I-10  December 5, 2005. 20 p.

Welch DW, Kristianson G, Tsang P (2004) Report on the 2004 Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Project- Objectives, Goals, & Results.  N Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Document No 811, 8 p.

Welch DW (2004) Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project (POST); Results from the Acoustic Tracking Study on Survival of Columbia River Salmon, 2003-2004. Annual Report, Project No 200311400, 19 p. (BPA Report DOE/BP-00017522-1). Read PDF here.

Welch DW (2004) The 2004 Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Project- Objectives, Goals, & Initial Results. North West Fish Culture Conference [Extended Abstract].