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Wood Cover and Steelhead Habitat Density Scalar

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Species Common Name
Steelhead Trout
Latin Name (Genus species)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Stressor Name
Wood Cover
Specific Stressor Metric
Wood Cover
Stressor Units
Wood Complexity Rating
Vital Rate (Process)
Density

Life Stage

Detailed SR Function Description
Figure 2. Habitat preference relationships applied within the UCM for scaling standard parr densities to
those expected under the specific habitat features in a given stream.

Scaled from the original curve so that the highest upper limit value equals to 100%.
Function Derivation
expert opinion
Function Type
continuous
Stressor Scale
linear
Citation(s)
Cramer, S. P., & Ackerman, N. K. (2009). Prediction of stream carrying capacity for steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): the unit characteristic method. In American Fisheries Society, Series: Symposium (Vol. 71, pp. 255-288).
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Stressor Response csv data
Cramer & Ackerman wood cover.csv (112 bytes)
Stressor (X) Mean System Capacity (%) SD low.limit up.limit
1 32.06521739 0 0 100
4 100 0 0 100
5 100 0 0 100

Stressor Response Chart