Assessing Survival of Mid-Columbia River Released Juvenile Salmonids at McNary Dam, Washington, 2008?09 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781497347236)

Few studies have evaluated survival of juvenile salmon over long river reaches in the Columbia River and information regarding the survival of sockeye salmon at lower Columbia River dams is lacking. To address these information gaps, the U.S. Geological Survey was contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate the possibility of using tagged fish released in the Mid-Columbia River to assess passage and survival at and downstream of McNary Dam. Using the acoustic telemetry systems already in place for a passage and survival study at McNary Dam, fish released from the tailraces of Wells, Rocky Reach, Rock Island, Wanapum, and Priest Rapids Dams were detected at McNary Dam and at the subsequent downstream arrays. These data were used to generate route-specific survival probabilities using single-release models from fish released in the Mid-Columbia River.

Author: U. S. Department of the Interior
ISBN-10: 1497347238
ISBN-13: 9781497347236
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2014
Pages: 66
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.14d