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Winter cover and Steelhead Habitat Density Scalar

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Species Common Name
Steelhead Trout
Latin Name (Genus species)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Stressor Name
Winter cover
Specific Stressor Metric
Proportion of substrate in cobble
Stressor Units
%
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).
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Stressor Response csv data
2009 Cramer winter cover.csv (106 bytes)
Stressor (X) Mean System Capacity (%) SD low.limit up.limit
0 20 0 0 100
0.15 100 0 0 100
1 100 0 0 100

Stressor Response Chart