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Estuarine Ecology of Chinook Salmon

Estuarine Ecology of Chinook Salmon


The Harold W. Streeter on a townetting trip in Skagit Bay. The Harold W. Streeter on a townetting trip in Skagit Bay
Project Title

Estuarine ecology of Puget Sound Chinook salmon

Description

The objective of this project is to understand the estuarine ecology of Puget Sound Chinook salmon. Through comprehensive sampling (broad spatial and temporal coverage; multiple habitats and gear types, etc.) we are documenting estuarine habitat use by juvenile Chinook, characterizing life history types and monitoring populations over time. Our main emphasis is on townet sampling of nearshore surface waters to study seasonal, geographic, and length distributions of wild and hatchery Chinook,
but collaborative work includes studies of feeding ecology, growth,
physiology, disease, genetics, and behavior.

NOAA Fisheries scientists sort fish aboard the H. W. Streeter, collected during a tow. NOAA Fisheries scientists sort fish, collected during a tow, aboard the Harold W. Streeter.
Investigators

Casey Rice and Correigh Greene

Collaborators

Eric Beamer (Skagit River System Cooperative), Kurt Fresh (Fish Ecology Division), Linda Rhodes (Resource Enhancement and Utilization Technologies Division), (Si Simenstad and Lia Stamatiou (University of Washington)

Support

NOAA Fisheries, Seattle City Light, US Army Corps of engineers,
and Skagit River System Cooperative

Project Status

Several manuscripts in preparation



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