Use of Aerial Photography to Monitor Fall Chinook Salmon Spawning in the Columbia River
Abstract
This paper compares two methods for enumerating salmon redds and their application to monitoring spawning activity. Aerial photographs of fall chinook salmon spawning areas in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River were digitized and mapped using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques in 1994 and 1995 as part of an annual assessment of the population. The number of visible redds from these photographs were compared to counts obtained from visual surveys with fixed wing aircraft. The proportion of the total redds within each of five general survey areas was similar for the two monitoring techniques. However, the total number of redds based on aerial photographs was 2.2 and 3.0 times higher than those observed during visual surveys for 1994 and 1995, respectively. The divergence in redd counts was most evident near peak spawning activity when the number of redds within individual spawning clusters exceeded 500. Aerial photography improved our ability to monitor numbers of visible salmon redds and to quantify habitat use.
- Authors:
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- ASSOC WESTERN UNIVERSITY
- BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (US)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 15002638
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-36520
Journal ID: ISSN 0002-8487; TAFSAI; EW02J1370; TRN: US200416%%165
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 131; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: PBD: 1 Nov 2002; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-8487
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; AIRCRAFT; COLUMBIA RIVER; HABITAT; MONITORING; PHOTOGRAPHY; SALMON; REPRODUCTION
Citation Formats
Visser, Richard H, Dauble, Dennis D, and Geist, David R. Use of Aerial Photography to Monitor Fall Chinook Salmon Spawning in the Columbia River. United States: N. p., 2002.
Web. doi:10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<1173:UOAPTM>2.0.CO;2.
Visser, Richard H, Dauble, Dennis D, & Geist, David R. Use of Aerial Photography to Monitor Fall Chinook Salmon Spawning in the Columbia River. United States. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<1173:UOAPTM>2.0.CO;2
Visser, Richard H, Dauble, Dennis D, and Geist, David R. 2002.
"Use of Aerial Photography to Monitor Fall Chinook Salmon Spawning in the Columbia River". United States. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<1173:UOAPTM>2.0.CO;2.
@article{osti_15002638,
title = {Use of Aerial Photography to Monitor Fall Chinook Salmon Spawning in the Columbia River},
author = {Visser, Richard H and Dauble, Dennis D and Geist, David R},
abstractNote = {This paper compares two methods for enumerating salmon redds and their application to monitoring spawning activity. Aerial photographs of fall chinook salmon spawning areas in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River were digitized and mapped using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques in 1994 and 1995 as part of an annual assessment of the population. The number of visible redds from these photographs were compared to counts obtained from visual surveys with fixed wing aircraft. The proportion of the total redds within each of five general survey areas was similar for the two monitoring techniques. However, the total number of redds based on aerial photographs was 2.2 and 3.0 times higher than those observed during visual surveys for 1994 and 1995, respectively. The divergence in redd counts was most evident near peak spawning activity when the number of redds within individual spawning clusters exceeded 500. Aerial photography improved our ability to monitor numbers of visible salmon redds and to quantify habitat use.},
doi = {10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<1173:UOAPTM>2.0.CO;2},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15002638},
journal = {Transactions of the American Fisheries Society},
issn = {0002-8487},
number = 6,
volume = 131,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2002}
}