USGS Western Fisheries Research Center

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Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center focuses on the environmental factors responsible for the creation, maintenance, and regulation of fish populations including their interactions in aquatic communities and ecosystems. Within these pages you will find research information on Pacific salmon; western trout, charr, and resident riverine fishes; desert and inland fishes; aquatic ecosystems and their resources, and many other topics.

Featured Projects

Integrated Science

	Ecosystems Research
*Fish and Wildlife Disease: Adaptive Potential of Chinook Salmon to Resist Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) Diagnostic Protocols Emerging Virus Threat to Fish in Western Washington Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHS) Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in the Great Lakes Warming Climate Can Affect Fish Health Genetics and Genomics: Key Aspects of Fish Innate Immunity Microbiology and the Environment*: Genetic Control of Pathogenicity in the Great Lakes Strain of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV)

	Contaminants		Biological Informatics
	Ecosystems		Fisheries Aquatic & Endangered Resources
	Wildlife Terrestrial & Endangered Resources		Invasive Species

Columbia River Basin Aquatic Invasive Species Database

CRBAIS Database The USGS WFRC in collaboration with the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program, Washington State University and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have created a new information system for nonindiginous species in the Columbia River Basin. The website is designed to consolidate a wide range of nonnative species information and make it easily available to all stakeholders within the Basin. Federal, state and tribal efforts to prevent, detect and control aquatic invasive species within the Columbia River Basin will be improved through better coordination and integration as a result of this project. The database can be accessed at http://crbais.psmfc.org/.

The National Biological Information Infrastructure

Molecular Epidemiology of Aquatic Pathogens – IHNV Fish Virus Database This website provides the ability to look at geographic distribution of genetic diversity in the IHN virus on maps. It also allows comparison by number of base pairs difference between isolates. Click here to launch the MEAP-IHNV database interface.
Molecular Epidemiology of Aquatic Pathogens – VHSV Fish Virus Database The MEAP-VHSV database provides the ability to look at geographic distribution of genetic diversity in the VHS virus in a web-based mapping interface. It also allows comparison by number of base pairs difference between isolates. The database can be accessed at http://gis.nacse.org/vhsv/.