Can reduced salmonid population abundance be detected in time to limit management impacts?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-24

  Ham, Kenneth D ^a   Pearsons, Todd N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MODEL; POPULATION; SALMON; UNITED STATES;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SALMONID;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; YAKIMA RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0034082757     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-175     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Bonneville Power Administration. 1996. Yakima fisheries project - final environmental impact statement. Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oreg. DOE/EIS-0169.
2. Busack, C., Watson, B., Pearsons, T., Knudsen, C., Phelps, S., and Johnston, M. 1997. Yakima fisheries project spring chinook supplementation monitoring plan. Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oreg. DOE/BP-64878-1.
3. Clune, T., and Dauble, D. 1991. The Yakima/Klickitat fisheries project: a strategy for supplementation of anadromous salmonids. Fisheries (Bethesda), 16(5): 28-34.
4. Eberhardt, L.L., and Thomas, J.M. 1991. Designing environmental field studies. Ecol. Monogr. 61: 53-73.
5. Fast, D.E., and Craig, C. 1997. Innovative hatchery project working to rebuild wild salmon populations. Hydro Rev. 14: 30-33.
6. Fast, D., Bubble, J., Kohn, M., and Watson, B. 1991. Yakima River spring chinook salmon enhancement study. Final report submitted to Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oreg. DOE/BP-39461-9.
7. Gibbs, J.P. 2000. Monitoring populations. In Research techniques in animal ecology: controversies and consequences. Edited by T. Fuller and L. Boitani. Columbia University Press, New York. In press.
8. Green, R.H. 1979. Sampling design and statistical methods for environmental biologists. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
9. Grossman, G.D., Dowd, J.F., and Crawford, M. 1990. Assemblage stability in stream fishes: a review. Environ. Manage. 14: 661-671.
10. Ham, K.D., and Bartrand, E.L. 1998. Salmonid distribution and population abundance variation in the upper Yakima River tributaries and implications for monitoring to detect impacts. In Yakima River species interactions studies. Progress report 1995-1997. Prepared by T.N. Pearsons, G.A. McMichael, K.D. Ham, E.L. Bartrand, A.L. Fritts, and C.W Hopley. Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oreg. pp. 72-99.
11. House, R.A. 1995. Temporal variation in abundance of an isolated population of cutthroat trout in western Oregon, 1981-1991. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage. 15: 33-41.
12. Hunn, E.S. 1990. Nch'i-Wana "The Big River" mid-Columbia Indians and their land. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London.
13. Hurlbert, S.H. 1984. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecol. Monogr. 54: 1877-211.
14. Independent Scientific Group. 1996. Return to the river: restoration of salmonid fishes in the Columbia River ecosystem. Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, Oreg.
15. Krause, T. 1991. The Yakima. Fly Fisherman, 22: 40-43, 76-78.
16. Major, R.L., and Mighell, J.L. 1969. Egg-to-migrant survival of spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Yakima River, Washington. Fish. Bull. U.S. 67: 347-359.
17. McMichael, G.A., Sharpe, C.S., and Pearsons, T.N. 1997. Effects of residual hatchery-reared steelhead on growth of wild rainbow trout and spring chinook salmon. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 126: 230-239.
18. National Marine Fisheries Service. 1999. Endangered and threatened species: threatened status for two ESUs of steelhead in Washington and Oregon. Federal Register [Docket number 980225046-9070-03, 25 March 1999] 64(57): 14517-14528.
19. National Research Council. 1995. Science and the Endangered Species Act. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
20. National Research Council. 1996. Upstream: salmon and society in the Pacific Northwest. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
21. Northwest Power Planning Council. 1994. Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. Adopted November 15, 1982; amended December 14, 1994. Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, Oreg.
22. Pearsons, T.N. 1998. Draft objectives for non-target taxa of concern relative to supplementation of upper Yakima spring chinook salmon. In Yakima River species interactions studies. Progress report 1995-1997. Prepared by T.N. Pearsons, G.A. McMichael, K.D. Ham, E.L. Bartrand, A.L. Fritts, and C.W. Hopley. Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oreg. pp. 4-44.
23. Pearsons, T.N., McMichael, G.A., Ham, K.D., Bartrand, E.L., Fritts, A.L., and Hopley, C.W. 1998. Yakima River species interactions studies. Progress report 1995-1997. Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oreg.
24. Peterman, R.M. 1990. Statistical power analysis can improve fisheries research and management. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 47: 2-15.
25. Peterman, R.M., and Bradford, M.J. 1987. Statistical power of trends in fish abundance. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 44: 1879-1889.
26. Probasco, S. 1994. River journal. Vol. 2. Yakima River. Frank Amato Publications, Incorporated, Portland, Oreg.
27. Regional Assessment of Supplementation Planning. 1992. Supplementation in the Columbia Basin. Final report submitted to Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oreg. DOE/BP-01830-14.
28. Stewart-Oaten, A. 1996. Problems in the analysis of environmental monitoring data. In Detecting ecological impacts: concepts and applications in coastal habitats. Edited by R.J. Schmitt and C.W. Osenberg. Academic Press, New York. pp. 109-131.
29. Stewart-Oaten, A., Bence, J.R., and Osenberg, C.W. 1992. Assessing effects of unreplicated perturbations: no simple solutions. Ecology, 73: 1396-1404.
30. StreamNet. 1998. StreamNet database (version 98.3), April 1998 (16 March 1998) (database downloaded to disk). StreamNet, Gladstone, Oreg. (URL: http://www.streamnet.org/accesstable.html).
31. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1998. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of threatened status for the Klamath River and Columbia River distinct population segments of bull trout. Federal Register (June 10, 1998), 63(111): 31 647-31 674.
32. Van Winkle, W., Vaughan, D.S., Barnthouse, L.W., and Kirk, B.L. 1981. An analysis of the ability to detect reductions in year-class strength of the Hudson River white perch (Morone americana) population. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 38: 627-632.
33. Vaughan, D.S., and Van Winkle, W. 1982. Corrected analysis of the ability to detect reductions in year-class strength of the Hudson River white perch (Morone americana) population. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 39: 782-785.
34. Walters, C.J. 1986. Adaptive management of renewable resources. MacMillan, New York.
35. Walters, C.J., and Hilborn, R. 1976. Adaptive control of fishing systems. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 33: 145-159.
36. White, R.J., Karr, J.R., and Nehlsen, W. 1995. Better roles for fish stocking in aquatic resource management. Am. Fish. Soc. Symp. 15: 527-547.
37. Zar, J.H. 1996. Biostatistical analysis. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.