Juvenile salmonid habitat of the Redwood Creek basin, Humboldt County, California
Anderson DG. 1988. Juvenile salmonid habitat of the Redwood Creek basin, Humboldt County, California. Humboldt State University
This thesis study investigates differences and trends in characteristics related to salmonid habitat in streams of the Redwood Creek basin. Study areas are five pairs of east- and west-side streams, Prairie Creek, and Redwood Creek. Distribution of young salmonids is not uniform, with cutthroat trout and coho salmon mainly in the Prairie Creek system, and young steelhead the most common and widespread in the Redwood Creek basin as a whole. The report also documents water quality, flow, and drift organisms. 'The study showed the character of each stream as a single entity, determined baseline rearing habitat conditions, and can serve as the basis for future evaluation of the rearing habitat and watershed rehabilitation efforts,' [from author's Abstract]. Includes 15 tables and 8 figures in the text, and appendices: distribution of non-salmonid fish and amphibians, salmonid fork lengths, and length-weight relationships in juvenile salmonids.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Anderson, David
- Date of Issue
- 1988-05
- Publisher
- Humboldt State University
- Units
- REDW
- Keywords
- Amphibians (Amphibia), Animal Studies, Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki), Distribution, Fish, Habitats, Presence (Biodiversity), Redwood Creek Basin, Rivers, Salmonids (Salmonidae), Size, Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Streams, Taxa Links To References, Thesis, Water Quality