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Title: Impact of forest management on coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) populations of the Clearwater River, Washington: A project summary

Author: Cederholm, C. J.; Reid, L. M.

Date: 1987

Source: Chapter Thirteen, In: Ernest O. Salo and Terrance W. Cundy (eds.), Streamside Management: Forestry and Fishery Interactions, Proceedings of a Symposium held at University of Washington, 12-14 February 1986 Contribution no. 57, Institute of Forest Resources, Seattle, Washington. p. 373-398.

Description: Abstract - In 1972, declining coho salmon production and visible forestry impacts on coho habitats prompted the initiation of an ongoing fisheries research project in the Clearwater River basin of the Olympic Peninsula. Heavy fishery catches have resulted in a general under-seeding of the basin, as demonstrated by stocking experiments and inventories of potential habitat. Because of the resulting lack of a reservoir of surplus juveniles, the number of smolts produced is more sensitive to natural and forestry-related impacts.

Keywords: PSW4351, salmon, forestry impacts, Clearwater River, Washington, sediment, aggradation

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Cederholm, C. J.; Reid, L. M.  1987.  Impact of forest management on coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) populations of the Clearwater River, Washington: A project summary.   Chapter Thirteen, In: Ernest O. Salo and Terrance W. Cundy (eds.), Streamside Management: Forestry and Fishery Interactions, Proceedings of a Symposium held at University of Washington, 12-14 February 1986 Contribution no. 57, Institute of Forest Resources, Seattle, Washington. p. 373-398..