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Athabasca Rainbow Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi
Angling effort
incidental angling mortality and illegal harvest (hours/km)
Alberta foothills watersheds, excluding National Parks
Government of Alberta. 2024. Angling effort (incidental angling mortality and illegal harvest) stressor-response function for Athabasca Rainbow Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout. Environment and Protected Area Native Trout Cumulative Effects Model.
Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Stream Temperature
Mean August Stream Temperature °C
Summer Spawning
Interior Columbia River Basin
Bowerman, T. E., Keefer, M. L., & Caudill, C. C. (2021). Elevated stream temperature, origin, and individual size influence Chinook salmon prespawn mortality across the Columbia River Basin. Fisheries Research, 237, 105874.
Pre-spawn Survivorship
Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Athabasca Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus lewisi, Salvelinus confluentus
Competition and hybridization
Percent carrying capacity occupied by non-native species % carrying capacity
Rocky Mountains + foothill watersheds, Alberta
Behnke, R.J. 2002. Trout and salmon of North America. The Free Press, New York. 359 p. Dunham, J., S.B. Adams, R.E. Schroetr, and D.C. Novinger. 2002. Alien invasions in aquatic ecosystems: Toward an understanding of brook trout invasions and potential impacts on inland cutthroat trout in western North America. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 12: 373-391. Earle, J.E., A.J. Paul and J.D. Stelfox. 2010a. Quirk Creek population estimates and one-pass electrofishing removal of Brook Trout – 2009. Unpublished report, Fish and Wildlife Division, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Cochrane, Alberta. Earle, J.E., J.D. Stelfox and B.E. Meagher. 2010b. Quirk Creek Brook Trout suppression project – 2009. Unpublished report, Fish and Wildlife Division, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Cochrane, Alberta. Fausch, K. D. 2007. Introduction, establishment and effects of non-native salmonids: considering the risk of rainbow trout invasion in the United Kingdom. Journal of Fish Biology 71:1-32. Magoulick, Daniel & Wilzbach, Margaret. 1998. Effect of Temperature and Macrohabitat on Interspecific Aggression, Foraging Success, and Growth of Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout Pairs in Laboratory Streams. Transactions of The American Fisheries Society 127. 708-717. McMahon, T.E., A. V. Zale, F. T. Barrows, J.H. Selong, and R. J. Danehy. 2007. Temperature and Competition between Bull Trout and Brook Trout: A Test of the Elevation Refuge Hypothesis. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1313–1326. McGrath, C. C., and W. M. Lewis Jr. 2007. Competition and predation as mechanisms for displacement of greenback cutthroat trout by brook trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1381-1392. Peterson, D.P., K.D. Fausch, J.Watmough, and R.A. Cunjak. 2008. When eradication is not an option: Modeling strategies for electrofishing suppression of non-native Brook Trout to foster persistence of sympatric native Cutthroat Trout in small streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:1847-1867. Peterson, D.P., K.D. Fausch, and G.C. White. 2004. Population ecology of an invasion: Effects of brook trout on native cutthroat trout. Ecological Applications 14(3):754-772. Rieman, B., J. Peterson, and D. Myers. 2006. Have brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) displaced Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) along longitudinal gradients in central Idaho streams? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 63:63-78. Shepard, B.B., R. Spoon, and L. Nelson. 2002. A native westslope cutthroat trout population responds positively after brook trout removal and habitat restoration. Intermountain Journal of Science 8:191-211. Warnock, W. 2012. Examining brook trout invasion into Bull Trout streams of the Canadian Rockies. PhD Thesis, University of Lethbridge, AB. 184 p.
System Capacity
Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Athabasca Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus lewisi, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Direct Mortality
Natural, Entrainment, and Research Mortality Total Annual Mortality (%)
year-round
Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta
AESRD - Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. 2013a. Standards for the ethical use of fishes in Alberta. 5 p. AESRD - Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. 2013b. Standard for sampling of small streams in Alberta. 18 p. AFMD - Alberta Fisheries Management Division. 2004. Electrofishing Policy Respecting Injuries to Fish. 3 p. Clayton, T.B. 2001. Movements and status of Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the Belly River, Alberta and Montana. Pages 141-145 in Brewin, M.K., A.J. Paul, and M. Monita, editors. Bull Trout II conference proceedings. Trout Unlimited Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. FERC - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 1995. Preliminary assessment of fish entrainment at hydropower projects, a report on studies and protective measures, volumes 1 and 2 (appendices). FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing, Washington, D.C. Paper No. DPR-10. June 1995 (volume 1) and December 1994 (volume 2). Hatch Ltd. 2010. Alberta Utilities Commission update on Alberta’s hydroelectric energy resources. Final report prepared for the Alberta Utilities Commission, 26 Feb 2010 Langford, M.T. 2016. Predicting the Hydraulic Influence of Hydropower Operations on Upstream Aquatic Habitat. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Water Resources Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Alberta. 222 p. Lindsay, E., L. Peterson, H. Tunna, J. Dubnyk, and T. Urquhart. 2015. Late Fall Fisheries Investigations in Irrigation Canals of Southern Alberta, 2014 Trout Unlimited Technical Report No. AB-037. Ma, B., E. Parkinson, and D. Marmorek. 2012. Using single species population models of Bull Trout, Kokanee and Arctic Grayling to evaluate Site C passage alternatives. Site C Clean Energy Project Technical Data Report: Vol. 2, App. Q3, Attachment B. Martins, E., L. Gutowsky, P. Harrison, D. Patterson, M. Power, D. Zhu, A. Leake, and S. Cooke. 2013. Forebay use and entrainment rates of resident adult fish in a large hydropower reservoir. Aquatic Biology 19: 253–263. Post, J., C. Mushens, A. Paul, and M. Sullivan. 2003. Assessment of alternative harvest regulations for sustaining recreational fisheries: model development and application to Bull Trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:22–34. Ricker, W.E. 1975. Computation and interpretation of biological statistics of fish populations. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bulletin 191. Ottawa, ON. 401 pp. Salow, T and L. Hostettler. 2004. Movement and mortality patterns of adult adfluvial Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the Boise River basin Idaho. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado. Sullivan, M. 2007. Modelling potential effects of angling on recovery of Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) in Alberta. Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division. 22 pp. Underwood, K., and S. Cramer. 2007. Simulation of human effects on Bull Trout population dynamics in Rimrock Reservoir, Washington. American Fisheries Society Symposium 53:191-207. USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2000. Revised section 7 programmatic consultation on issuance of section 10(a)(1)(A) scientific take permits and section 6(c)(1) exemption from take for Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) (6007.2100). Memorandum from Acting Supervisor, Snake River Basin Office, Boise, Idaho, to Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. February 14, 2000. 22 p. USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2015. Recovery plan for the coterminous United States population of Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus). Portland, Oregon. xii + 179 pages
System Capacity
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 105.
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 104.
Growth
Steelhead Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Dissolved Oxygen
Dissolved Oxygen Concentration mg/L
Emergence
Lincoln County, Oregon
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 105. Coble, D. W. (1961). Influence of water exchange and dissolved oxygen in redds on survival of steelhead trout embryos. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 90(4), 469-474.
Growth
Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Sedimentation
Fine Sediment % of cobbles and boulders embedded by added fine sediment
Summer
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 104.
Density
Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Sedimentation
Fine Sediment % of cobbles and boulders embedded by added fine sediment
Winter
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 104.
Density
Steelhead Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sedimentation
Fine Sediment % of cobbles and boulders embedded by added fine sediment
Summer
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 104.
Density
Steelhead Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sedimentation
Fine Sediment % of cobbles and boulders embedded by added fine sediment
Winter
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 104.
Density
Steelhead Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sedimentation
Fine Sediment % of cobbles and boulders embedded by added fine sediment
Summer
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 104.
Density
Brook Trout, Steelhead Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
Salvelinus fontinalis, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus tshawytscham Oncorhynchus kisutch
Sedimentation
Fine Sediment % smaller than 2 - 6.35mm
Emergence
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 103.
Pacific Northwest
Beechie, T. J., C. Nicol, C. Fogel, J. Jorgensen, J. Thompson, G. Seixas, J. Chamberlin, J. Hall, B. Timpane-Padgham, P. Kiffney, S. Kubo, and J. Keaton. 2021. Modeling Effects of Habitat Change and Restoration Alternatives on Salmon in the Chehalis River Basin Using a Salmonid Life-Cycle Model. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Contract Report NMFS-NWFSC-CR-2021-01
Survivorship
Idaho and Washington Streams
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 99. Tappel, P. D., & Bjornn, T. C. (1983). A new method of relating size of spawning gravel to salmonid embryo survival. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 3(2).
Idaho
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 99.
Idaho
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 99.
Idaho
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 99.
Steelhead Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus
Sedimentation
Substrate particles % smaller than 6.35mm
Idaho and Washington Streams
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 99. Tappel, P. D., & Bjornn, T. C. (1983). A new method of relating size of spawning gravel to salmonid embryo survival. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 3(2).
Skagit River, Washington
Beechie, T. J., C. Nicol, C. Fogel, J. Jorgensen, J. Thompson, G. Seixas, J. Chamberlin, J. Hall, B. Timpane-Padgham, P. Kiffney, S. Kubo, and J. Keaton. 2021. Modeling Effects of Habitat Change and Restoration Alternatives on Salmon in the Chehalis River Basin Using a Salmonid Life-Cycle Model. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Contract Report NMFS-NWFSC-CR-2021-01. Kinsel, C., G. Volkhardt, L. Kishimoto, and P. Topping. 2007. 2006 Skagit River Wild Salmon Production Evaluation. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, FPA 07-05, Olympia, WA.
Survivorship
Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Athabasca Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout
Oncorhynchus lewisi, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salvelinus confluentus
Flow Regime (Peak Flow Events)
Percent Human Footprint % of landscape
year-round
Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta
Bonneau, J.L., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1998. Seasonal and diel changes in habitat use by juvenile Bull Trout (Confluentus salvelinus) and cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) in a mountain stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:783-790. Everest, F.H., N.B. Armantrout, S.M. Keller, W.D. Parante, J.R. Sedell, T.E. Nickelson, J.M. Johnston, and G.N. Haugen. 1985. Salmonids. In Management of wildlife and fish habitats in forests of western Oregon and Washington Edited by E.R. Brown. USDA Forest Service, Portland, Oregon, 199–230. Guillemette, F., A.P. Plamondon, M. Prévost and D. Lévesque. 2005. Rainfall generated stormflow response to clearcutting a boreal forest: peak flow comparison with 50 world-wide basin studies. Journal of Hydrology 302:137-153. Jensen, A.J., and B.O. Johnsen. 1999. The functional relationship between peak spring floods and survival and growth of juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta). Functional Ecology 13:778-785. Lyons, J.K., and R.L. Beschta. 1983. Land use, floods, and channel changes: Upper Middle Fork Willamette River, Oregon (1936–1980). Water Resources Research 19:463-471. Ottaway, E.M. and A. Clarke. 1981. A preliminary investigation into the vulnerability of young trout (Salmo trutta L.) and Atlantic salmon (S. salar L.) to downstream displacement by high water velocities. Journal of Fish Biology 19(2): 135-145. Seegrist, D.W. and R. Gard. 1972. Effects of floods on trout in Sagehen Creek, California. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101:478-482. Stednick, J.D. 1996. Monitoring the effects of timber harvest on annual water yield. Journal of Hydrology 176:79-95.
System Capacity
Athabasca Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Fragmentation
Large Barrier Dams relative effect size
year-round
Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta
AWSCTRT, Alberta Westslope Cutthroat Trout Recovery Team. 2013. Alberta Westslope Cutthroat Trout Recovery Plan: 2012-2017. Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources Development, Alberta Species at Risk Recovery Plan No. 28. Edmonton, AB. 77 pp. Dunham, J.B. and B.E. Rieman. 1999. Metapopulation structure of bull trout: influence of physical, biotic, and geometrical landscape characteristics. Ecological Applications 9:642–655. Government of Alberta (GOA). 2023. Alberta Bull Trout Recovery Plan. Alberta Species at Risk Recovery Plan No. 46. Edmonton, AB. 64 pp. Hanski, I. 1998. Metapopulation dynamics. Nature 396:41-49. Harig, A.L. and K.D. Fausch. 2002. Minimum habitat requirements for establishing cutthroat trout populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 12: 535–551. Jager, H.I., J.A. Chandler, K.B. Lepla, and W.V. Winkle. 2001. A theoretical study of river fragmentation by dams and its effects on white sturgeon populations. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60:347-361. Lande, R. 1998. Anthropogenic, ecological and genetic factors in extinction and conservation. Researches on Population Ecology 40:259–269. Letcher, B.H., K.H. Nislow, J.A. Coombs, M.J. O’Donnell, and T.L. Dubreuil. 2007. Population response to habitat fragmentation in stream-dwelling brook trout population. PLoSONE 2:1-11. Marmulla,G. 2001. Dams, fish and fisheries. Opportunities, challenges and conflict resolution. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 419. 166 pp. Morita K., S.H. Morita, and S. Yamamoto. 2009. Effects of habitat fragmentation by damming on salmonid fishes: lesson from white-spotted charr in Japan. Ecological Research 24:711-722. Morita K., and S. Yamamoto. 2002. Effects of habitat fragmentation by damming on the persistence of stream-dwelling charr populations. Conservation Biology 16:1318–1323. Morita K., and A. Yokota. 2002. Population viability of stream-resident salmonids after habitat fragmentation: a case study with white-spotted charr (Salvelinus leucomaenis) by an individual based model. Ecological Modelling 155:85-94.
Athabasca Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salvelinus confluentus
Fragmentation
Road Crossing Density crossings/km2
year-round
Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta
Burford, D.D., T.E. McMahon, J.E. Cahoon, and M. Blank. 2009. Assessment of trout passage through culverts in a large Montana drainage during summer low flow. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29: 739–752 Gunn, J.M, and R. Sein. 2000. Effects of forestry roads on reproductive habitat and exploitation of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in three experimental lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 97–104 Harper, D.J., and J.T. Quigley. 2000. No net loss of fish habitat: an audit of forest road crossings of fish-bearing streams in British Columbia, 1996–1999. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2319: 43 pp Johns, T., and T. Ernst. 2007. Culvert crossings as potential barriers to fish movement in the Kakwa River Watershed, Alberta. Alberta Conservation Association, Peace River, AB. MacPherson, L.M., M.G. Sullivan, A.L. Foote and C.E. Stevens. 2012. Effects of culverts on stream fish assemblages in the Alberta foothills. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32: 480–490. MacPherson et al. 2014. Road crossing thresholds for fragmentation? Morita K., and S. Yamamoto. 2002. Effects of habitat fragmentation by damming on the persistence of stream-dwelling charr populations. Conservation Biology 16:1318–1323 Park, D., M. Sullivan, E. Bayne, and G. Scrimgeour. 2008. Landscape-level stream fragmentation caused by hanging culverts along roads in Alberta's boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38: 566–575. Ripley, T., G. Scrimgeour, and M.S. Boyce. 2005. Bull Trout occurrence and abundance influenced by cumulative industrial developments in a Canadian boreal forest watershed. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 2431–2442 Scrimgeour, G., P. Hvenegaard, J. Tchir, S. Kendall and A. Wildeman. 2003. Stream fish management: cumulative effects of watershed disturbances on stream fish communities in the Kakwa and Simonette River Basins, Alberta. Alberta Conservation Association, Peace River and the Alberta Research Council, Vegreville, AB. Northern Watershed Project Final Report No. 3 Warren, M.L., Jr., and Pardew, M.G. 1998. Road crossings as barriers to small stream fish movement. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127: 637–644
System Capacity
Salmon and Trout (generalized)
Cover
Cover Class Categorical (see notes)
Rearing
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Bull Trout
Salvelinus confluentus
Substrate
Substrate Class Categorical (see notes)
Spawning
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
Substrate
Substrate Class Categorical (see notes)
Spawning
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Native Char (generalized)
Salvelinus
Substrate
Substrate Class Categorical (see notes)
Spawning
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Substrate
Substrate Class Categorical (see notes)
Spawning
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Resident Trout (generalized)
Substrate
Substrate Class Categorical (see notes)
Spawning
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Salmon/Trout (generalized)
Substrate
Substrate Class Categorical (see notes)
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
Substrate
Substrate Class Categorical (see notes)
Spawning
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Washington
Beecher, H., Caldwell, B. (2022). INSTREAM FLOW STUDY GUIDELINES. Technical and Habitat Suitability Issues Including Fish Preference Curves. UPDATED, January 25, 2022. 04-11-007
HSI
Beechie, T. J., C. Nicol, C. Fogel, J. Jorgensen, J. Thompson, G. Seixas, J. Chamberlin, J. Hall, B. Timpane-Padgham, P. Kiffney, S. Kubo, and J. Keaton. 2021. Modeling Effects of Habitat Change and Restoration Alternatives on Salmon in the Chehalis River Basin Using a Salmonid Life-Cycle Model. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Contract Report NMFS-NWFSC-CR-2021-01. Feist, B. E., E. R. Buhle, P. Arnold. J. W. Davis, and N. L. Scholz. 2011. Landscape ecotoxicology of coho salmon spawner mortality in urban streams. PLoS ONE 6(8):e23424, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023424
survivorship
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 119. Herrmann, R. B., Warren, C. E., & Doudoroff, P. (1962). Influence of oxygen concentration on the growth of juvenile coho salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 91(2), 155-167.
Growth
Beechie, T. J., C. Nicol, C. Fogel, J. Jorgensen, J. Thompson, G. Seixas, J. Chamberlin, J. Hall, B. Timpane-Padgham, P. Kiffney, S. Kubo, and J. Keaton. 2021. Modeling Effects of Habitat Change and Restoration Alternatives on Salmon in the Chehalis River Basin Using a Salmonid Life-Cycle Model. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Contract Report NMFS-NWFSC-CR-2021-01.
Idaho
Bjornn, T. C., & Reiser, D. W. (1991). Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 19(837), 119.
Aquatic Ecosystems
Road Density
Total length of roads divided by the total watershed area (km/km2) km/km²
British Columbia
Interim Assessment Protocol for Aquatic Ecosystems in British Columbia – Standards for Assessing the Condition of Aquatic Ecosystems under British Columbia’s Cumulative Effects Framework. Version 1.3 (December 2020). Prepared by the Provincial Aquatic Ecosystems Technical Working Group – Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. 51 pp.
Chinook Salmon
tshawytscha Oncorhynchus
6PPD-Quinone
6PPD-Quinone Concentration 24-hour (ng/L)
Rearing
Puget Sound
Lo, B. P., Marlatt, V. L., Liao, X., Reger, S., Gallilee, C., Ross, A. R., & Brown, T. M. (2023). Acute Toxicity of 6PPD‐Quinone to Early Life Stage Juvenile Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Salmon. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(4), 815-822.
Survivorship
Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch Oncorhynchus
6PPD-Quinone
6PPD-Quinone Concentration 24-hour (ng/L)
Rearing
Puget Sound
Lo, B. P., Marlatt, V. L., Liao, X., Reger, S., Gallilee, C., Ross, A. R., & Brown, T. M. (2023). Acute Toxicity of 6PPD‐Quinone to Early Life Stage Juvenile Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Salmon. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(4), 815-822.
Survivorship
Aquatic Ecosystems
BEC Sensitivity Score
BEC Unit Scores Unitless
British Columbia
Interim Assessment Protocol for Aquatic Ecosystems in British Columbia – Standards for Assessing the Condition of Aquatic Ecosystems under British Columbia’s Cumulative Effects Framework. Version 1.3 (December 2020). Prepared by the Provincial Aquatic Ecosystems Technical Working Group – Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. 51 pp.
Beechie, T. J., C. Nicol, C. Fogel, J. Jorgensen, J. Thompson, G. Seixas, J. Chamberlin, J. Hall, B. Timpane-Padgham, P. Kiffney, S. Kubo, and J. Keaton. 2021. Modeling Effects of Habitat Change and Restoration Alternatives on Salmon in the Chehalis River Basin Using a Salmonid Life-Cycle Model. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Contract Report NMFS-NWFSC-CR-2021-01.
Capacity