Juvenile Salmonid Abundance Monitoring: Maacama Creek, Russian River, California, 1991-2001

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https://purl.stanford.edu/dm867xc0810

Description:

This line shapefile represents the juvenile salmonid abundance monitoring that was conducted in Maacama Creek (a tributary of the Russian River) to evaluate spawning success, fry or fingerling production, and juvenile survivorship as part of a larger study examining the potential effects of reclaimed water discharged to Santa Rosa Creek by the Santa Rosa Subregional Reclamation System. Provides temporal data on fish and other aquatic species abundance in multiple Russian River tributaries. Circuit Rider Productions and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2002). Juvenile Salmonid Abundance Monitoring: Maacama Creek, Russian River, California, 1991-2001. Circuit Rider Productions. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/dm867xc0810 Juvenile abundance monitoring was conducted within "index zones". Each stream was divided into upper, middle and lower reaches, based on elevation, average gradient, and distance from the Russian River, and an index zone was select from surveys within each reach. Index zones were established during the first study year and surveyed for habitat condition. Each index zone was then broken down into habitat unit types (pool, riffle, glide), in which a unit is defined as a continuous portion of the stream of variable length, within which only one habitat type is present or is dominant. Juvenile abundance monitoring was conducted in selected units rather than the entire index zone. However, mapping is at the scale of index zone and the pooled results from units within each index zone are presented here. Fish were sampled in selected units within each index zone by repeated passes through the unit with a beach seine. Salmonids were identified to species (steelhead, coho) and measured (fork length). In some years steelhead densities were too high to safely measure all samples. A representative subsample (reported here) was measured to establish length frequency estimates for each year class. Monitoring was conducted at the beginning (July) and end (October-November) of the summer dry period to enable estimation of juvenile growth rate. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Creator:

Circuit Rider Productions

Publisher:

Circuit Rider Productions

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Subject:

Coho salmon, Steelhead (Fish), Chinook salmon, Salmonid, Environment, and Inland Waters

Temporal Coverage:

1991 and 2001

Date Issued:

2002

Spatial Coverage:

Sonoma County (Calif.), Mendocino County (Calif.), and Russian River Watershed (Calif.)

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

Shapefile