Data

Three studies were conducted in Shasta Reservoir in California to evaluate downstream migration and behavior of juvenile late-fall run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawutscha) released in the McCloud River upstream of Shasta Dam in Spring 2017, Fall 2017, and Fall 2024. The goal of this study was to collect data beneficial for citing a juvenile salmon collection system for downstream...

This dataset includes downwelling irradiance data collected at night on the water's surface and daytime attenuation through the water column. Spectrally specific irradiance values were collected with a Biospherical Instruments Compact-Optical Profiling System (C-OPS) device to measure artificial light at night (ALAN) in Lake Washington, WA. This dataset consists of ALAN surface...

We conducted a study to assess the timing of outmigration and survival of juvenile Chinook salmon in relation to managed water flows in the Klamath River. Juvenile salmon were implanted with acoustic telemetry transmitters, and their movements were tracked using remote receivers deployed throughout the lower Klamath River, from Iron Gate Dam to the river’s mouth. Because transmitter...

Data were collected as part of a long-term capture-recapture program to assess the status and dynamics of populations of two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon and Clear Lake Reservoir, California. Lost River suckers (LRS; Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (SNS; Chasmistes brevirostris) have been captured and tagged with passive integrated...

The data support a study that surveyed the spatial and seasonal variability of northern pike (Esox lucius) environmental DNA (eDNA) between river kilometer 1103 and 1158 in Lake Roosevelt, Washington, USA. The metadata represent qPCR quantification cycle (Cq) values for a northern pike assay performed on water samples collected at the same locations in June and September 2022, water...

Federally-threatened ago-0 spring Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were acoustic tagged and released near Lookout Point Reservoir to estimate passage and survival during the second year of an experimental reservoir drawdown operation that was designed to facilitate downstream passage through two reservoirs and dams. The experimental operation consisted of lowering the water...

Data were collected as part of a long-term capture-recapture program to assess the population dynamics of two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lost River suckers (LRS; Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (SNS; Chasmistes brevirostris) have been captured and tagged with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags during their spawning...

Viral nervous necrosis is a neurologic disease that causes vacuolating lesions in the brain and retina of a broad range of marine fish species. The viral agent responsible is nervous necrosis virus (NNV), a Betanodavirus within the family Nodaviridae. Based on genetic characterization of the viral genome, at least four species of NNV are known to exist, though this diversity is likely...

Juvenile Chinook salmon (age 0 and age 1), steelhead, and sockeye salmon were tagged with acoustic transmitters and released at sites along the Yakima River in and below Yakima, WA from 2018 to 2024. Detection sites varied across years but included arrays placed at diversion dams, canals, hydropower facilities, and other locations throughout the Yakima and Columbia rivers. Study design...

These data were generated from a five-day laboratory study that compared environmental DNA (eDNA) concentrations derived from live and dead rainbow trout (Oncorhychus mykiss) to investigate how eDNA shedding differs between live and dead fish. Live and dead fish were each housed in separate tanks and eDNA samples were collected from each tank after 1, 2, 3, and 5 days. Additionally...

A study was conducted in the Yakima River Basin in Washington state to evaluate behavior of juvenile Chinook salmon and Coho salmon upstream of Tieton Dam from April to November 2024. The goal of this study was to collect data useful for designing and siting downstream fish passage options at the dam. Under current operations, water is passed through the dam via a deep intake located on...

Data were collected as part of a long-term capture-recapture program to assess the status and dynamics of populations of two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon and Clear Lake Reservoir, California. Lost River suckers (LRS; Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (SNS; Chasmistes brevirostris) have been captured and tagged with passive integrated...