2013-2014 Salmonid Redd Abundance and Juvenile Salmonid Spatial Structure in the Smith River Basin
Garwood JM, Larson MD, Reneski M. 2014. 2013-2014 Salmonid Redd Abundance and Juvenile Salmonid Spatial Structure in the Smith River Basin. P1210524. California Department of Fish and Wildlife
We continued to investigate two population viability metrics of salmonids in the Smith River basin (California and Oregon), with ESA listed coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) as the focal species. First, we monitored adult salmonid escapement and distribution for a third year during the winter of 2013-2014 using a combination of live fish, carcass, and redd counts as defined in California’s Coastal Salmonid Monitoring Plan. The spawner survey sample frame includes 161.8 kilometers of potential spawning habitat divided into 68 reaches and 30 sub-reaches. We completed 343 spawning ground surveys in 36 main reaches and 13 sub-reaches throughout the Smith River basin during the 2013-2014 season.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Garwood, Justin; Larson, Monty; Reneski, Melissa
- Date of Issue
- 2014-12
- Publisher
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Units
- REDW
- Keywords
- fish population, fish studies, juvenile salmonids, Mill Creek, monitoring, salmonids, smith river, spawning