Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Redd Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2012
- Mission Support Alliance, LLC, Hanford, WA (United States)
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), also commonly referred to as king salmon, are the largest of the Pacific salmon (Myers et al. 1998, Netboy 1958). The Columbia River supports three major runs (spring, summer, and fall) of Chinook salmon generally based upon the season during which the adults re-enter the estuary to begin their upstream migration to spawn. Chinook salmon that spawn in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River are fall-run fish. Fall Chinook salmon enter freshwater at an advanced stage of maturity, move rapidly to their spawning areas on the mainstem or lower tributaries of the rivers, and spawn within a few days or weeks of freshwater entry (Myers et al. 1998, Fulton 1968, Healey 1991). Adult fall Chinook salmon destined for the Hanford Reach are upriver brights (URB), which enter the Columbia River in late summer and spawn in the fall. Spawning in the Hanford Reach typically begins in mid-October and lasts through November. From 1948 through 1988, the firstobservation of spawning ranged from September 28 to October 26 with a median date of October 16 (Dauble and Watson 1990). Females fan out nests or “redds” in suitable gravel substrate and deposit eggs in an egg pocket while males simultaneously extrude milt to fertilize the eggs. Redds are readily identifiable at this time and appear as clean swept gravel patches amidst darker undisturbed substrate that is covered by algae (periphyton). “Redd life” is a term describing the period of time when periphyton growth has not rendered the redd substrate indiscernible from the surroundings. Redd life is typically about six weeks on the Hanford Reach (Dauble and Watson 1990).
- Research Organization:
- Mission Support Alliance, LLC, Hanford, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-09RL14728;
- OSTI ID:
- 3012051
- Report Number(s):
- HNF--54808-Rev.0
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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