2002 RNSP Redwood Creek summer steelhead trout survey
Anderson DG. 2003. 2002 RNSP Redwood Creek summer steelhead trout survey. Redwood National and State Parks. Orick, CA
Annual report for summer steelhead trout surveys conducted during July and August 2002 in Redwood National and State Parks. Excerpt: "Year 2002 was the 22nd consecutive summer steelhead trout survey of Redwood Creek, the first was 1981. Three adult summer steelhead (steelhead >16.5 inches), two 'half-pounder' steelhead (smaller immature sea-run steelhead returning after less than one year in the ocean), and 95 coastal cutthroat trout (O. clarki) (cutthroat >10 inches) were observed in a mainstem survey reach. The three summer steelhead were within the index reach. The number of adult steelhead within the index reach has declined over time. Steelhead within the Northern California coastal steelhead ESU (evolutionary significant unit), which includes Redwood Creek, were federally listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service as threatened in June 2000." Appendices include tabular data with numbers of summer steelhead observed during surveys in 1981-2002, and water & air temperatures.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Anderson, David
- Date of Issue
- 2003-02
- Publisher
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Units
- REDW
- Keywords
- Abundance, Abundance (Biodiversity), Distribution, Distribution (Biodiversity), Fish Monitoring, Fish Studies, habitat description, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Presence (Biodiversity), Redwood Creek, Steelhead Trout, Stream temperature, summer steelhead trout survey, Taxa Links To References, Threatened Species, Water Discharge, Water Temperature