Flow augmentation from off‐channel storage improves salmonid habitat and survival

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• Journal Title:
  North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Personal Author:
  Rossi, Gabriel J. ; Obedzinski, Mariska ; Pneh, Shelley ; Pierce, Sarah Nossaman ; Boucher, William T. ; Slaughter, Weston M. ; Flynn, Keane M. ; Grantham, Theodore E.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant
• Sea Grant Program:
  CASG/CUIMR (California Sea Grant)
• Description:
  In the western United States, juvenile salmon Oncorhynchus spp. and steelhead O. mykiss are especially vulnerable to streamflow depletion in the dry season. Releasing water from off-channel storage into small streams is a novel restoration strategy to offset impacts from anthropogenic flow alteration on salmonid fishes. To date, no studies have evaluated the ecological effects of small-scale flow augmentations. Here, we quantify the effects of one such augmentation project on habitat connectivity, water quality, invertebrate drift, and juvenile salmonid movement and survival.
• Keywords:
  Aquatic Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law
• Source:
  North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 43(6), 1772-1788
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10954
• ISSN:
  0275-5947 ; 1548-8675
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY-NC
• Compliance:
  Library
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  urn:sha-512:255539ee9cbd05d7b952d23c338a183cae353c07fdb2b0fd215a9f3b6be5a3714cdfe72a8ce1c0c8c3faa51e35996e4b4d6e7ed6a9acd120ccbe3361f976c83f
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