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Laboratory simulation of fish passage through a heated water discharge. [Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Oncorhynchus kisutch; Salmo gairdneri; Ptychocheilus oregonensis]

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OSTI ID:5558911
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The Pacific Northwest Laboratory conducted laboratory simulations of fish passage through a heated water discharge to assess the potential for direct and indirect mortalities to Columbia River fish. Simulation was conducted with chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho salmon (O. kisutch), steelhead (Salmo gairdneri), and northern squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis). Simulations were conducted in aquaria plumbed to receive and discharge heated water which simulated the thermal conditions a fish would encounter swimming downstream through the plume. The rate of exchange for the water and the initial temperature were varied to simulate conditions through different portions of the plume and for different river flows. Fish that survived passage through the plume were subjected to predators or to an infectious disease organism to test for the possibility of indirect mortality from thermal stress. Fish were able to survive passage through a plume where the initial increase in water temperature was 16/sup 0/C above ambient. The maximum ambient water temperature tested was 18.3/sup 0/C, which is the maximum temperature expected near the discharge. The fish that survived the thermal stress were not susceptible to increased predation or disease.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
5558911
Report Number(s):
UNI-SA-171; PNL-SA-12618; CONF-8604216-1; ON: DE86012363
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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