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Assessment of smolt condition for travel time analysis. Annual report 1989 Assessment of smolt condition for travel time analysis. Annual report 1989

The Water Budget is a volume of water used to enhance environmental conditions (flows) in the Columbia and Snake rivers for juvenile salmonids during their seaward migration. To manage the Water Budget, the Fish Passage Center estimates travel times of juvenile salmonids in index reaches of the main-stem rivers, using information on river flows and the migrational characteristics of the...
Authors
J.W. Beeman, D.W. Rondorf, J.C. Faler, M.E. Free, P.V. Haner

Use of a fish health condition profile in assessing the health and condition of juvenile Chinook salmon Use of a fish health condition profile in assessing the health and condition of juvenile Chinook salmon

The fish health condition profile, a simplified system for assessing fish health and condition, was originally developed for fish hatcheries and feral trout populations in Utah. We evaluated the method during routine health assessments of juvenile fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) reared in net pens in the Columbia River in 1986 and 1987. The procedure yielded a thorough...
Authors
J.F. Novotny, J.W. Beeman

Spatial and temporal variation in proportional stock density and relative weight of smallmouth bass in a reservoir Spatial and temporal variation in proportional stock density and relative weight of smallmouth bass in a reservoir

Population data for smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui in 20,235 ha John Day Reservoir on the Columbia River were used to (1) determine whether Proportional Stock Density (PSD) and Relative Weight (Wr) varied spatially and temporally in two areas of the reservoir with established smallmouth bass fisheries; (2) explore possible causes of any observed variation; and (3) discuss some...
Authors
Matthew G. Mesa, S.D. Duke, David L. Ward

Assessment of smolt condition for travel time analysis. Annual report 1988 Assessment of smolt condition for travel time analysis. Annual report 1988

Estimates of migration rates and travel times of juvenile salmonids within index reaches of the Columbia River basin are collected through the Smolt Monitoring Program for use by the Fish Passage Center. With increased reliance upon travel time estimates in 1988 by the Fish Passage Center, this study was implemented to monitor the biological attributes of juvenile chinook salmon...
Authors
D.W. Rondorf, J.W. Beeman, J.C. Faler, M.E. Free, E.J. Wagner

Development of a population model of giant kelp Development of a population model of giant kelp

No abstract available
Authors
J.H. Petersen, M. Burgman, V. Gerard, L. Ginzburg

Species profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Pacific Northwest)--ghost and blue mud shrimp Species profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Pacific Northwest)--ghost and blue mud shrimp

Geographic range: The ghost shrimp is found in intertidal areas along the west coast of North America from Mutiny Bay, Alaska, to the mouth of the Tijuana River, San Diego County, California; MacGinitie (1934) and Ricketts and Calvin (1968) reported finding specimens as far south as El Estuario de Punto Banda, Baja California Norte, Mexico. The blue mud shrimp is found from southeastern...
Authors
S. Hornig, A. Sterling, Styles Smith

Interaction assessment: Rationale and a test using plants Interaction assessment: Rationale and a test using plants

A non-manipulative method for deriving empirical expressions of population growth parameters from simple field data is presented. The derived expressions can be used to assess the intensity and form of density dependence and interspecies interactions, and have potential for parameterizing more mechanistic models of population dynamics and for use in applied ecology, e.g. land management...
Authors
J.M. Emlen, D.C. Freeman, F. Wagstaff

Comparison of infectious hematopoietic necrosis in natural and experimental infections of spawning salmonids by infectivity and immunohistochemistry Comparison of infectious hematopoietic necrosis in natural and experimental infections of spawning salmonids by infectivity and immunohistochemistry

Infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) continues to be a serious virus disease of salmonids with epizootics recorded in both wild and hatchery populations (Williams and Amend 1976; Carlisle et al 1979; Groberg and Fryer 1983; Saft and Pratt 1986; Traxler 1987; Follett et al 1987; Meyers et al 1988). While originally enzootic in western North America, the virus appears to be spreading...
Authors
T. Yamamoto, C.K. Arakawa, W.N. Batts, J. R. Winton
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