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

Staff Member

Claire Couch

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Email: couchc@oregonstate.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Couch, C.E., T.N. Neal, C.L. Herron, M.L. Kent, C.B. Schreck, and J.T. Peterson. 2023. Gut microbiome composition associates with chronically elevated corticosteroids and morbidity in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Scientific Reports 13(1), 2567. | Abstract June 2023
Couch, C.E., M. Colvin, R.L. Chitwood, J.T. Peterson, C.B. Schreck. 2022. Scope of the cortisol stress response in Chinook salmon during maturation. Fisheries Research 254: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106416 | Abstract October 2022
Couch, C.C., J.T. Peterson, and P. H. Heimowitz. 2023. Evaluating the institutional and ecological effects of invasive species prevention policy: a case study from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Management of Biological Invasions 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2023.14.2.06 | Abstract March 2023
Project Completion Date
Improving outcomes for hatchery-reared Chinook salmon through microbiome monitoring and enhancement January 2024
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
The development and evaluation of monitoring protocols to inform water resource decision making December 2022
Presentations Presentation Date
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
Larson, M., C. Couch, C. Murphy, M. Kent, and J. Peterson. 2023. Diet and Philonema infections in reservoir-rearing juvenile Chinook Salmon. Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Feb 28-Mar 3 March 2023
Kent, M.L., T. M. Polley, C.J. Schuster, M. E.T. Stinson, C. E. Couch, J.T. Peterson and C. B. Schreck<sup></sup>. 2024. Intestinal Disease in Adult Chinook Salmon: Geographic distribution, links to prespawn mortality and potential causes. Annual meeting of the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Feb 26- Mar 1, Bend OR February 2024
Herron, C.L, O. M. Hakanson, M. M. Scanlan, C.E. Couch, C. B. Schreck, and J. T. Peterson. 2023 The Wild Fishes Surrogate Project: Where We Have Been, Are, And Will Be. Willamette Fisheries Science Review Corvallis OR April 5-6. April 2023
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
Couch, C., J. Peterson, M. Kent, and C. Schreck<sup></sup>. 2023. Big fish with tiny friends: the role of the microbiome in Pacific salmon health. Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Feb 28-Mar 3 March 2023
Couch, C. C. Schreck, M. Kent, and J.T. Peterson. 2022. Microbial Biomarkers for Pre-Spawning Mortality in Chinook Salmon. Annual Willamette Fisheries Science Review, April 12-13, Corvallis OR. April 2022