Lorenzo Ciannelli
Oregon State University, OR·Ecology & Evolution
As oceans warm, fish and the communities that depend on them must adjust. Fish can shift where they live, when they spawn, or both.
- Fields
Ecology & Evolution
Earth & Environmental Science
- Topics
climate change
fisheries oceanography
fish early life history
- Grants
- 2 known grants, through Aug 2027
What they work on
- Collect fish eggs and larvae in two Greenland glacial fjords and use particle-tracking models to simulate how fjord currents transport them.
- Combine cruise measurements, ocean moorings, glacier remote sensing and climate models to compare how ice, water and marine life interact in two Greenland fjords.
- Test whether fish eggs, larvae and juveniles in the California Current and Gulf of Alaska respond similarly to ocean climate across life history strategies, using statistical models of samples collected since the 1950s.
- Test whether species with large shifts in geographic range show smaller shifts in spawning timing, and whether including life history improves forecasts of fish distribution.
More about the research
The youngest stages, eggs and larvae, may be the most sensitive to climate stress and the least able to move. Two projects examine how these changes play out, one in Greenland's glacial fjords and one across the Northeast Pacific, focusing on early fish life stages and their consequences for ecosystems and people.
Why it matters
Changes in where and when fish reproduce affect food webs, fish abundance and the coastal economies that rely on fishing. Understanding these shifts in Greenland fjords and the Northeast Pacific could help fisheries managers, NOAA scientists and Arctic communities plan for climate change. In Greenland, results will be shared with US and Greenlandic governments and communities to help develop adaptive, sustainable practices for fjord fisheries and hunting.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Collaborative Research: Tradeoffs between phenology and geography constraints in response to climate change across species life cycles
NSF · Sep 2021 – Aug 2027
Collaborative Research: NNA Research: Global changes, local impacts: Study of glacial fjords, ecosystems and communities in Greenland
NSF · Jan 2022 – Dec 2026
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The school
Oregon State University: 29 labs on PI Pages, $372M a year on research, 238 research doctorates a year.
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