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Riparian vegetation and abundance of woody debris in streams of southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Ursitti, Victoria L.
Abstract:: Riparian vegetation (trees > 10 cm dbh), woody debris (> 10 cm diam, > 1 m long), channel, and landform characteristics were inventoried in mature (80-150 yrs) and old-growth riparian areas (>250 yrs) selected from small tributaries of the Coos and Coquille River basins in southwestern Oregon. Basal area of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: forest floor were significantly greater in old-growth than in mature-aged stands (p < 0.10). Except for

An assessment of community-based adaptive watershed management in three Umpqua Basin Watersheds

Creator:: Habron, Geoffrey Bryan
Abstract:: The dissertation introduces community-based adaptive watershed management (CAWM) as a holistic conservation framework. The CAWM framework integrates social and ecological suitability to achieve conservation outcomes. The core theoretical concepts consist of adaptive management, adoption-diffusion, symbolic interactionism, community-based conservation, spatial analysis and watershed management. The CAWM framework is applied to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: .........................................185 List of Figures (continued) Figure Page 29. Percentage of late-successional forest in upper

Evolution and risk in conservation of Pacific salmon

Creator:: Currens, Kenneth P.
Abstract:: Identifying appropriate units for conservation requires knowledge of evolutionary patterns and risks of managing at different geographical and genetic scales. I examined genetic diversity at different geographical scales among 11,400 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from 243 locations in 13 major river basins throughout much of their range and among coho...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: river systems, such as upper Sacramento, Kiamath, and Columbia rivers. Isolated, pluvial lake basins

The relationship between stream habitat complexity and anadromous salmonid diversity and habitat selection

Creator:: Chen, Glenn K.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Ranger District, and the Siskiyou National Forest are recognized for their support to this project. In

Streamside forests, channel constraint, large woody debris characteristics, and pool morphology in low order streams, Blue Mountains, Oregon

Creator:: Cordova, Jerry J.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: River maintains only wild stocks of steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus niykiss) Maiheur National Forest

Multiscale habitat electivity and movement patterns by adult spring chinook salmon in seven river basins of northeast Oregon

Creator:: Price, David M.
Abstract:: I examined habitat electivity and movement patterns of adult spring chinook salmon at microhabitat and channel unit spatial scales, and seasonal to annual temporal scales in seven streams in the Grande Ronde, John Day, and Imnaha basins. The objective was to compare habitat use and availability among streams, channel units,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: throughout the Columbia River basin (NMFS 1996). As a result, spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

Redd site selection and spawning habitat use by fall chinook salmon

Creator:: Geist, David R.
Abstract:: The spawning habitat associated with fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) redd clusters was investigated in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. A conceptual spawning habitat model is proposed that describes how geomorphic features of river channels create hydraulic processes, including hyporheic flows, that influence where salmon spawn in unconstrained...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) redd clusters was investigated in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia

Ecology of woody riparian vegetation in tributaries of the Upper Grande Ronde River basin, Oregon

Creator:: Lytjen, Danna J.
Abstract:: Two studies on Catherine Creek and Meadow Creek of the Upper Grande Ronde River basin, quantified several physical and biotic influences on woody riparian community composition and structure. The Catherine Creek study examined the association of woody riparian species with elevational and geomorphic gradients. The Meadow Creek study examined the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: within the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Catherine Creek Meadow at 1720 m is a private inholding of

Factors influencing spawning migration of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the North Fork Skokomish River, Olympic National Park, Washington

Creator:: Brenkman, Samuel J.
Abstract:: Distribution and life history characteristics of lacustrine-adfluvial bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) were described in the North Fork Skokomish River Basin (including Lake Cushman, a reservoir) from 1994 to 1996. Day snorkeling was conducted in the river to determine initiation of the bull trout spawning migration, abundance of spawners, and duration...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: support. This project was funded through Olympic National Park, Washington and the Forest and Rangeland

Ecological characteristics of montane floodplain plant communities in the Upper Grande Ronde basin, Oregon

Creator:: Otting, Nicholas J.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -Whitman National Forest. The Squaw Creek site (0.5 ha, 150 X 30 m) occupies a shallow v-shaped valley

Anthropogenic activities associated with the status of salmon stocks in Pacific Northwest watersheds

Creator:: Mrakovcich, Karina Lorenz
Abstract:: Stocks of salmon are declining in the Pacific Northwest. Based on region-wide studies that list and categorize the status of salmon stocks (Nehlsen et al., 1991; Huntington et al., 1994; and Nawa, 1995), I analyze the watersheds where stocks of salmon spawn for several anthropogenic variables, most of which are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , California, and Idaho are coded for 13 anthropogenic variables such as dams, forest, agriculture, human

Life-history organization of herring (Clupea harengus pallasi) in the northeast Pacific

Creator:: Aleaziz, Farzad
Abstract:: The distribution of herring (Clupea harengus pallasi) in the Northeast Pacific extends from southern California to northern Alaska. Studies on variation in herring life-history are limited to local characteristics and recruitment populations or relatively restricted regions of the Northeast Pacific. In this study I assessed herring life-history patterns and recruitment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . In the southern latitudes of the northeast Pacific, from Vancouver Island in British Columbia

Multiscale assessment of thermal patterns and the distribution of chinook salmon in the John Day River Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Torgersen, Christian E.
Abstract:: This study examined the distribution and behavior of adult spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) related to patterns of stream temperature and physical habitat at channel unit, reach, and basin-wide spatial scales in both a wilderness stream and a disturbed stream in the John Day River basin in northeastern Oregon. Thermal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: National Forest and the North Fork John Day Wilderness encompass the entire upper North Fork basin

Response of juvenile steelhead trout to an instream habitat rehabilitation project in Meadow Creek, Oregon

Creator:: Miller, Alan Christopher
Abstract:: Responses of juvenile steelhead trout to changes in stream habitat resulting from an instream habitat rehabilitation project in Meadow Creek, Oregon were measured from 1991 through 1992 and compared to pre-treatment data from 1987 through 1990. Sixty nine pool-forming, and 59 channel-stabilizing log structures were constructed by the U.S. Forest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: response to wide-scale stream habitat degradation on National Forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, the

Seasonal shifts in redband trout use of pools and their microhabitats in three central Oregon streams

Creator:: Hirsch, Christine L.
Abstract:: Redband trout density was examined in three forested streams in central Oregon at two scales, pool channel unit and microhabitat. Two streams were in roadless areas and one was in a "highly managed" watershed. At the larger spatial scale, trout displayed a seasonal shift in habitat use from early to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 Location of study sites on the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon. 10 2. Locations of cross

Variation in the maturity schedule of English sole and its influence on calculating the F₃₅ ̳% target fishing rate

Creator:: Al-Jufaily, Saud M.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: schedule were primarily from samples collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service during the 1995

Life-history organization of cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake and its management implications

Creator:: Gresswell, Robert E.
Abstract:: Life-history organization of the cutthroat trout (Oncorhvnchus clarki) may be viewed at various levels, including species, subspecies, metapopulation, population, or individual. Each level varies in spatial scale and temporal persistence, and components at each level continually change with changes in environment. Cutthroat trout are widely distributed throughout the western USA,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone National Park is an example of the effects of management on a

Assemblages of groundfish caught using commercial fishing strategies off the coasts of Oregon and Washington from 1985-1987

Creator:: Rogers, Jean Beyer
Abstract:: The groundfish trawl fishery operating off the coasts of Oregon and Washington 1985-1987 caught six major assemblages of species which could be treated as units in developing mixed-species management plans. Eighty-one percent of the tows observed on commercial vessels were consistently placed in one of the assemblage designations using three...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . NA85AA-D-SG095 and NA89AA-D-SG095; the National Marine Fisheries Service (Contract NA-85-ABH-00025

Life history and evolutionary adaptation of Pacific salmon and its application in management

Creator:: Wevers, Mary Jo
Abstract:: An approach to understanding and managing anadromous salmon, steelhead, and sea-run cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus spp.) based on life history and evolutionary adaptive capacities of species and stocks is presented. Species, stocks, and local populations are viewed as systems that are continuously adapting to changing environmental conditions. They have the potential...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interpret life history patterns of Columbia Basin chinook salmon stocks. Upstream migration difficulty and

Assessment of the quantitative fluorescent antibody technique and chemotherapy for the detection and control of Renibacterium salmoninarum in salmonid fishes

Creator:: Drongesen, Jeffrey Edward
Abstract:: Detection and treatment of bacterial kidney disease (BKD) was investigated. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the quantitative, fluorescent antibody technique (QFAT) that is used to detect, identify, and quantify both typical and 'bar form' Renibacterium salmoninarum cells. Smears of kidney tissue from naturally and artificially infected salmonids, both with and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: tissue, was prepared for each fish. Xylene was used as a pre-stain wash step to improve staining

Changes in size and age at maturity of Columbia River upriver bright fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) : implications for stock fitness, commercial value, and management

Creator:: Beaty, Roy E.
Abstract:: The average size and age of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) caught in commercial fisheries along the Pacific Coast of North America have decreased substantially in this century. These declines might be caused in part by changes in size and age at maturity within the stocks contributing to those fisheries. Upriver...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Changes in size and age at maturity of Columbia River

Scale patterns indicate changes in use of rearing habitat by juvenile coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, from 1955 to 1984 in the Tenmile Lakes, Oregon

Creator:: Gunnarsdottir, Hugrun
Abstract:: This study was designed to provide information about the juvenile life history of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, in the Tenmile Lakes in Oregon by 1) classifying scales of spawning fish and outgoing smolts (1+), 2) assessing the contribution of juvenile life history types to the returns of adults (3₂) and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: North Tenmile Lakes is privately owned, and much of the drainage basin is in the Elliot State Forest or

Endocrine regulation of final oocyte maturation and sex differentiation in salmonids

Creator:: Fitzpatrick, Martin S.
Abstract:: Sexual maturation and sex differentiation comprise facets of a common theme: reproduction. The endocrine system regulates many of the critical physiological processes necessary for reproduction and offers a framework within which technologies can be developed for controlling sexual maturation and sex differentiation. The studies described in this thesis were undertaken...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Cumulative effects of land use on salmon habitat in southwest Oregon coastal streams

Creator:: Frissell, Christopher Andrew, 1960-
Abstract:: As part of a hierarchical approach to classifying watersheds and stream habitats based on geomorphic and geologic criteria, we defined ten classes of fluvial and lacustrine habitats at the scale of valley segments. Valley segments are landscape units which encompass surface waters and the adjacent floodplains and hillslopes with which...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: destabilization of channels since 1955, disturbing forest vegetation along low-gradient reaches of the many of

Classification of Icelandic watersheds and rivers to explain life history strategies of Atlantic salmon

Creator:: Gudjonsson, Sigurdur
Abstract:: A hierarchical classification system of Iceland's watersheds and rivers is presented. The classification is based on Iceland's substrate, climate, water, biota, and human cultural influences. The geological formations of Iceland are very different in character depending on their age and formation history. Three major types of formations occur: Tertiary, Plio-Pleistocene,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: funds were partly provided by a grant from the Icelandic National Science Fund. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Influence of geomorphology and land use on distribution and abundance of salmonids in a coastal Oregon basin

Creator:: Schwartz, John Steven
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Enhancement (COPE) project. Basin surveys were done with the aid of the U.S. Forest Service, PNW Forest

Development of the fisheries of the Eastern North Pacific : a natural-cultural systems perspective

Creator:: Deimling, Elisabeth A.
Abstract:: The eastern margin of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean was classified into physiographic regions based on a suite of physical characteristics. Information on cultural and biological characteristics of this area was meshed with this classification. The result was a classification of the Eastern North Pacific into natural-cultural systems whose boundaries...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 18. Changes in trophic composition of catch over time for the Columbia region 84 LIST OF FIGURES

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