Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Travis Neal

Master's

Research Publications Publication Date
Neal, T. M.L. Kent, J. Sanders, C.B. Schreck, and J.T. Peterson. 2021. Laboratory infection of juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) with parasitic copepod (Salmincola californiensis). Journal of Fish Diseases 44:1423-1434 https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13450 | Abstract May 2021
Project Completion Date
Chinook salmon passage and recovery on the Willamette River September 2024
The development of integrated adaptive management for restoration of freshwater-estuarine ecosystems December 2025
Presentations Presentation Date
Peterson, J.T.,T. Neal, M. Kent, J. Sanders, and C. Schreck. 2019. Effects stressors on survival and dam passage of juvenile chinook salmon: implications for juvenile fish passage. Willamette Fisheries Science Review, Corvallis OR, February 12-13. February 2019
Peterson, J.T., J. Sanders, T. Neal, M. Kent and C. Schreck. 2020. The Willamette Copepod Research Program: Infection experiments and impacts on juvenile Chinook salmon. Willamette Fisheries Science Review, Corvallis OR, February 11-12 February 2020
Peterson, J.T., E. Gardner, T. Neal, M. Larson,Couch, C.E., J.D. Romer, F. Monzyk, M. Kent, and C.B. Schreck. 2024. Unexpected Threats: Parasite Infections in Reservoir-rearing Juvenile Chinook Salmon in Willamette Basin Reservoirs. Oregon Lake Association Annual Conference. Nov 15- 16, Corvallis OR November 2023
Peterson, J.T., E. Gardner, T. Neal, Larson, M., C. Couch, J. Romer, F. Monzyk, M. Kent, and C. Schreck 2023.Unexpected Threats: Parasite Infections in Reservoir-rearing Juvenile Chinook Salmon in Willamette Basin Reservoirs. Oregon Lakes Association annual conference Nov 15-16, Corvallis, OR. March 2023
Neal, T., M.L. Kent, J. Sanders, C.B. Schreck, and J. Peterson. 2020. Experimental infection of the parasitic copepod on juvenile Chinook salmon. Annual Meeting of the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, March 4-6, Bend, OR. March 2020
Neal, T., M. L. Kent, J. Sanders, C.B. Schreck, and J.T. Peterson. 2021. Effects of saltwater transition of juvenile Chinook salmon infected with a parasitic copepod. Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, March 3-5 March 2021
Couch, C.E., J.T. Peterson, E. Gardner, T. Neal, M. Larson, J.D. Romer, F. Monzyk, M. Kent, and C.B. Schreck. 2024. Unexpected Threats: Parasite Infections in Reservoir-rearing Juvenile Chinook Salmon in Willamette Basin Reservoirs. Annual meeting of the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Feb 26- Mar 1, Bend OR February 2024
Technical Publications Publication Date
Peterson, J.T., J. Sanders, M.L. Kent, T. Neal, and C.B. Schreck. 2019. Effects of acute and chronic stressors on survival and dam passage of juvenile Chinook salmon infected with a parasitic copepod, Salmincola californiensis: implications for fish collection facilities. Draft Annual Report for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland OR. December 2019