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•	2008 Annual Update
•	January 2009 Forecast
•	Adult Return Data

Large–scale Ocean and Atmospheric Indicators

•	Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
•	Multivariate El Niño Southern Oscillation Index (MEI)
•	Basin-scale winds

Local and Regional Physical Indicators

•	Sea surface temperature anomalies
•	Coastal upwelling
•	Physical spring transition
•	Deep–water temperature and salinity

Local Biological Indicators

•	Copepod biodiversity
•	Northern copepod anomalies
•	Copepod community structure
•	Biological spring transition
•	June spring Chinook
•	September coho
•	Zooplankton species composition

Indicators Under Development

•	A second mode of North Pacific sea surface temperature variation
•	Phytoplankton biomass
•	Euphausiid egg concentration, adult biomass, and production rates
•	Interannual variation in habitat area
•	Forage fish and Pacific hake abundance
•	Salmon predation index
•	Potential indices for future development

Introduction to Pacific Northwest Oceanography

•	Physical oceanographic considerations
•	Climate–scale physical variability

Ocean Sampling Methods

•	Hydrography, zooplankton, and ichthyoplankton
•	Juvenile salmon sampling

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Links to Additional Information

•	Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans
•	Climate Change: an overview of past and currently predicted effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest. Web site of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group.
•	Coho survival: forecasts of Oregon coho marine survival by Climate Impacts Group. The CIG is part of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean and performs basic research on the consequences of climate change in the Pacific Northwest.
•	El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO): web site of NOAA's Earth Systems Laboratory on the current status of La Niña.
•	Fisheries and Ecosystem Responses to Recent Regime Shifts in the North Pacific: an advisory report of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization.
•	Multivariate ENSO index (MEI): web site of the NOAA Earth Systems Laboratory that explains MEI in detail.
•	Oregon Production Index, Hatchery (OPIH): Raw data from the OPIH
•	Salmon: background information on coho and Chinook salmon from the Pacific Fishery Management Council.

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