Peer Review Plans

Title and Description:
Status Review Update for Puget Sound Steelhead
The status review update consists of a 112 page report describing the findings of the Biological Review Team (BRT). The report describes the BRT’s analyses of the viability of the Puget Sound steelhead Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU).

ID:  47 Info. Type:  ISI
Estimated Dissemination Date:  12/22/2005
Contact Person: Rebecca Rootes  NOAA Locator

Date First Posted in Peer Review Agenda:  12/16/2005

Estimated Peer Review Start Date:  11/23/2005
Review type:  individual letters
Expected number of peer reviewers:  3 or fewer
Peer reviewers will be selected by:  the agency

Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers?  no

Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed?  no

How?  NA

When?  NA

Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review?  no

Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review:  Population biology, ecology, population genetics, evolutionary biology, demography, statistics, fisheries biology, biology of steelhead and rainbow trout.

Comments on Peer Review:
Charge to reviewers:  ID47 Charge to Reviewers.doc

Peer Review Report:  ID47 Peer review report.doc