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Title: Seasonal Juvenile Salmonid Presence and Migratory Behavior in the Lower Columbia River

Abstract

To facilitate preparing Biological Assessments of proposed channel maintenance projects, the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracted the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to consolidate and synthesize available information about the use of the lower Columbia River and estuary by juvenile anadromous salmonids. The information to be synthesized included existing published documents as well as data from five years (2004-2008) of acoustic telemetry studies conducted in the Columbia River estuary using the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System. For this synthesis, the Columbia River estuary includes the section of the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam at river kilometer (Rkm) 235 downstream to the mouth where it enters the Pacific Ocean. In this report, we summarize the seasonal salmonid presence and migration patterns in the Columbia River estuary based on information from published studies as well as relevant data from acoustic telemetry studies conducted by NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) between 2004 and 2008. Recent acoustic telemetry studies, conducted using the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS; developed by the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), provided information on the migratory behavior of juvenile steelhead (O. mykiss) and Chinook salmon in themore » Columbia River from Bonneville Dam to the Pacific Ocean. In this report, Section 2 provides a summary of information from published literature on the seasonal presence and migratory behavior of juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River estuary and plume. Section 3 presents a detailed synthesis of juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead migratory behavior based on use of the JSATS between 2004 and 2008. Section 4 provides a discussion of the information summarized in the report as well as information drawn from literature reviews on potential effects of channel maintenance activities to juvenile salmonids rearing in or migrating through the Columbia River estuary and plume.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
953370
Report Number(s):
PNNL-18246
400403209; TRN: US201002%%1546
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
13 HYDRO ENERGY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIOR; CHARGES; COLUMBIA RIVER; DATA; ENGINEERS; FISHERIES; INFORMATION; JUVENILES; MAINTENANCE; MIGRATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; POTENTIALS; PYRAZOLINES; REARING; REVIEWS; RIVERS; SALMON; SYNTHESIS; TELEMETRY; US CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Citation Formats

Carter, Jessica A, McMichael, Geoffrey A, Welch, Ian D, Harnish, Ryan A, and Bellgraph, Brian J. Seasonal Juvenile Salmonid Presence and Migratory Behavior in the Lower Columbia River. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.2172/953370.
Carter, Jessica A, McMichael, Geoffrey A, Welch, Ian D, Harnish, Ryan A, & Bellgraph, Brian J. Seasonal Juvenile Salmonid Presence and Migratory Behavior in the Lower Columbia River. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/953370
Carter, Jessica A, McMichael, Geoffrey A, Welch, Ian D, Harnish, Ryan A, and Bellgraph, Brian J. 2009. "Seasonal Juvenile Salmonid Presence and Migratory Behavior in the Lower Columbia River". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/953370. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/953370.
@article{osti_953370,
title = {Seasonal Juvenile Salmonid Presence and Migratory Behavior in the Lower Columbia River},
author = {Carter, Jessica A and McMichael, Geoffrey A and Welch, Ian D and Harnish, Ryan A and Bellgraph, Brian J},
abstractNote = {To facilitate preparing Biological Assessments of proposed channel maintenance projects, the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracted the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to consolidate and synthesize available information about the use of the lower Columbia River and estuary by juvenile anadromous salmonids. The information to be synthesized included existing published documents as well as data from five years (2004-2008) of acoustic telemetry studies conducted in the Columbia River estuary using the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System. For this synthesis, the Columbia River estuary includes the section of the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam at river kilometer (Rkm) 235 downstream to the mouth where it enters the Pacific Ocean. In this report, we summarize the seasonal salmonid presence and migration patterns in the Columbia River estuary based on information from published studies as well as relevant data from acoustic telemetry studies conducted by NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) between 2004 and 2008. Recent acoustic telemetry studies, conducted using the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS; developed by the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), provided information on the migratory behavior of juvenile steelhead (O. mykiss) and Chinook salmon in the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam to the Pacific Ocean. In this report, Section 2 provides a summary of information from published literature on the seasonal presence and migratory behavior of juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River estuary and plume. Section 3 presents a detailed synthesis of juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead migratory behavior based on use of the JSATS between 2004 and 2008. Section 4 provides a discussion of the information summarized in the report as well as information drawn from literature reviews on potential effects of channel maintenance activities to juvenile salmonids rearing in or migrating through the Columbia River estuary and plume.},
doi = {10.2172/953370},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/953370}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}