Milo Adkison
Professor Emeritus
Commercial Fisheries
Fisheries Conservation
Fisheries Population and Biometry
Fisheries Management
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
17101 Pt Lena Loop Rd
Juneau, AK 99801
907-796-5452
milo.adkison@alaska.edu
* = student coauthor
** = postdoctoral coauthor
Seigel, J.E.,* M.D. Adkison, and M.V. McPhee. 2018. Changing maturation reaction norms
and the effects of growth history in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥n Chinook salmon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 595:187–202.
Anderson, S.C., E.J. Ward, A.O. Shelton, M.D. Adkison, A.H. Beaudreau, R.E. Brenner,
A.C. Haynie, J.C. Shriver,* J.T. Watson,* and B.C. Williams.* 2017. Benefits and risks
of diversification for individual fishers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(40): 10797–10802.
Echave J.D.,* C.V. Manhard,* W.W. Smoker, M.D. Adkison, and A.J. Gharrett. 2017. Out
crosses between seasonally different segments of a Pacific salmon population reveal
local adaptation. Environmental Biology of Fishes 100(11): 1469–1481.
Grant, W.S., J. Jasper, D. Bekkevold, and M. Adkison. 2017. Responsible genetic approach
to stock restoration, sea ranching and stock enhancement of marine fishes and invertebrates.
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27:615–649.
Adkison, M.D., and C.J. Cunningham.* 2015. The effects of salmon abundance and run
timing on the performance of management by emergency order. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(10): 1518–1526.
Adkison, M.D., M.B. Ward, and Quinn, T.P. 2014. Nest site preference and intrasexual
competition in female sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. Environmental Biology of Fishes 97:385–399.
Adkison, M.D. 2009. Drawbacks of complex models in frequentist and Bayesian approaches
to natural-resource management. Ecological Applications 19(1): 198–205.
- salmon biology and management
- quantitative techniques
- biometrics
- population dynamics
- modeling and Bayesian methods
My primary research interest is the development and application of quantitative methodologies to salmon biology and management.
- Development of an Inseason Model to Predict Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Migration Timing
- The Effects of Salmon Abundance and Run Timing on the Performance of Management by Emergency Order
- Retrospective analysis of Chinook salmon growth and survival
- Conservation and dynamics of small populations
- Model selection methodologies for ecological, epidemiological and fisheries data series
- Application of decision analysis and Bayesian statistics to resource management
- Pacific salmon management, esp. forecasting methodologies, implications of climate fluctuations, early marine growth and survival and the economic viability of rural fishing communities