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Dr. Thomas P. Quinn

Professor, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
University of Washington

Education:

Ph.D. in Fisheries, University of Washington, 1981

Research interests:

Behavior, ecology and evolution of fishes, with emphasis on migrations, life history patterns, reproduction, habitat requirements and diversification of Pacific salmon

Selected Publications:

1999

Hendry, A.P., O.K. Berg and T.P. Quinn. Breeding date, life history, and energy allocation in a population of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Oikos 85: 499-514.

Montgomery, D.R., E.M. Beamer, G. Pess and T.P. Quinn. Channel type and salmon spawning distribution. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:377-387.

Quinn, T.P. Variation in Pacific salmon reproductive behaviour associated with species, sex and levels of competition. Behaviour 136: 179-204.

Quinn, T.P. Revisiting the stock concept in Pacific salmon: insights from Alaska and New Zealand. Northwest Science 73: 312-324

Quinn, T.P. and M.T. Kinnison. Size-selective and sex-selective predation by brown bears on sockeye salmon. Oecologia 121: 273-282.

Quinn, T.P., E.C. Volk and A.P. Hendry. Natural otolith microstructure patterns reveal precise homing to natal incubation sites by sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 766-775.

Rhodes, J.S. and T.P. Quinn. Comparative performance of genetically similar hatchery and naturally-reared juvenile coho salmon in streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19: 670-677.

Steen, R.P. and T.P. Quinn. Egg burial depth by sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka): implications for survival of embryos and natural selection on female body size. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 836-841.

2000

Essington, T.E., T.P. Quinn and V.E. Ewert. Intra- and interspecific competition and the reproductive success of sympatric Pacific salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 205-213.

Quinn, T.P. and G.B. Buck. Scavenging by brown bears, Ursus arctos, and glaucous-winged gulls, Larus glaucescens, on adult sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. Canadian Field-Naturalist 114: 217-223.

Quinn, T. P., M. J. Unwin, and M. T. Kinnison. Evolution of temporal isolation in the wild: genetic divergence in timing of migration and breeding by introduced chinook salmon populations. Evolution 54: 1372-1385.

Scholz, N. L., N. K. Truelove, B. L. French, B. A. Berejekian, T. P. Quinn, E. Casillas and T. K. Collier. Diazinon disrupts antipredator and homing behavior in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 1911-1918.

Schuett-Hames, D. E., N. P. Peterson, R. Conrad and T. P. Quinn. Patterns of gravel scour and fill after spawning by chum salmon in a western Washington stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20: 610-617.
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