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Review of survival, flow, temperature, and migration data for hatchery-raised subyearling fall chinook salmon above Lower Granite Dam, 1995-1998

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Title Review of survival, flow, temperature, and migration data for hatchery-raised subyearling fall chinook salmon above Lower Granite Dam, 1995-1998
Creator Dreher, Karl J.; Petrich, Christian, R.; Neely, Kenneth W.; Bowles, Edward C.; Byrne, Alan
Date 2000-09
Coverage Lower Snake River; Northern Idaho 46.66, -117.43
Subject Flow augmentation; Salmon; Salmonid; Fish migration; Survival
Description The effectiveness of flow augmentation in aiding conservation and recovery of Snake River salmonid populations listed under the Endangered Species Act is questionable. The purpose of flow augmentation has been largely to increase the velocity and/or reduce the temperature of water flowing through mainstem reservoirs in the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers. Although improved adult returns are generally associated with good water years (e.g., high natural flow and spill) during juvenile...
Publisher Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Language eng
Rights Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/715

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