National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Kelia (Keely) Axler

Research Fisheries Biologist
Staff Affiliation: 
NOAA/AFSC

My research focuses on understanding how environmental conditions and oceanographic processes in the North Pacific and Arctic impact the early life stages (eggs, larvae, and juveniles) of marine fish communities in order to better predict fisheries recruitment and improve ecosystem-based fisheries management in Alaskan waters.