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Turbidity and Steelhead Habitat Density Scalar (0.3mm)

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Species Common Name
Steelhead Trout
Latin Name (Genus species)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Stressor Name
Turbidity
Specific Stressor Metric
Turbidity (by riffle depth) at 0.3m
Stressor Units
NTU
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.
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).
Citation Link
Cramer & Ackerman 2009
Images
Fig 2
Stressor Response csv data
2009 Cramer Turbidity 2_0.csv (267 bytes)
Stressor (X) Mean System Capacity (%) SD low.limit up.limit
0 100 0 0 100
7.78 88 0 0 100
13.94 80 0 0 100
20.27 72 0 0 100
28.6 62 0 0 100
37.83 53 0 0 100
44.34 48 0 0 100
51.58 42 0 0 100
60.27 37 0 0 100
68.05 32 0 0 100
74.93 29 0 0 100
80 27 0 0 100

Stressor Response Chart