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Snake River Sockeye Salmon Habitat and Limnological Research

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Title Snake River Sockeye Salmon Habitat and Limnological Research
Creator Teuscher, David Taki, Doug Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A.
Description Historically, thousands of Snake River Sockeye salmon returned to the Sawtooth Valley to spawn. Evermann (1896) reported that the Sawtooth Valley Lakes were teeming with red fish. Bjornn (1968) estimated that 4,360 sockeye returned to Redfish Lake in 1955. These numbers no longer exist. In the 1980's, less than 50 . Snake River sockeye salmon survived to spawn (Bowler 1990). Since 1990, only 14 sockeye have returned. Because of recent declines, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (SBT) petitioned the...
Date 1995-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Identifier http://works.bepress.com/wayne_wurtsbaugh/116 http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=wayne_wurtsbaugh
Source Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh
Publisher SelectedWorks
Subject fish population limnology redfish lake Life Sciences

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