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Floodplain emergent wetlands as rearing habitat for fishes and the implications for wetland enhancement

Creator:: Henning, Julie A.
Abstract:: Seasonal emergent wetlands in the Pacific Northwest have not been regarded traditionally as fish rearing habitat, despite access to such habitat when river flows overtop riverbanks and connect to the floodplain. As a result, restoration and enhancement projects to remediate for the loss of such wetland habitat are being implemented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Wetlands as Rearing Habitat for Fishes and the Implications for Wetland Enhancement. Abstract approved

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:: Oregon. The goal of the research is to facilitate effective watershed restoration outcomes grounded in

Fish and amphibian use of intermittent streams within the upper Willamette Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Colvin, Randall William
Abstract:: In the fall through spring of 2002/03 and 2003/04, the composition of fish and amphibian communities were examined in intermittent streams in the upper Willamette river basin in western Oregon. I recorded standard aquatic habitat variables and water nutrient concentrations (nitrate and phosphate) and correlated them with fish and amphibian...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: western Oregon. Land use patterns in the Marys river watershed are closely linked to the landscape

Juvenile coho salmon movement, growth and survival in a coastal basin of southern Oregon

Creator:: Weybright, Adam D.
Abstract:: Juvenile salmonids display highly variable spatial and temporal movement patterns that are influenced by density dependent (e.g., competition, predation) and density independent (e.g., genetics, stream discharge, physical habitat conditions) factors. The effects of these factors differ with fish life history stage, but will ultimately affect how salmonids utilize freshwater nursery...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Enhancement Board, while the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife assisted with funding at a critical time

Influences of riparian canopy on aquatic communities in high desert streams of eastern Oregon

Creator:: Tait, Cynthia K.
Abstract:: Because riparian canopy controls most energy inputs to stream ecosystems, it directly affects the structure of aquatic food webs and the ecological processes that govern interactions among trophic levels. This study addresses the interdependence among riparian canopy, benthic community structure, and the carrying capacity of high desert streams for salmonid...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: desert streams of eastern Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Cynthia K. Tait for the degree

Comparisons of fish assemblages and habitat associations in littoral zones of reservoirs in the Willamette Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Bennett, Paul Michael
Abstract:: The littoral zones of seven reservoirs in the southern Willamette Valley of Oregon were sampled with a boat electroshocker during the summer months of 1995 and 1996. Shoreline substrates were inventoried before sampling sites were randomly selected. Sampling sites consisted of 9 of 12 possible habitat types including four substrate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Assemblages and Habitat Associations in Littoral Zones of Reservoirs in the Willamette Basin, Oregon

The physiology ecology and run diversity of adult Pacific lamprey, Entosphenus tridentatus, during the freshwater spawning migration

Creator:: Clemens, Benjamin J.
Abstract:: Pacific lamprey, Entosphenus tridentatus, have shown recent and rapid declines in abundance. These anadromous fish return to streams where they mature, spawn and die. It has been inferred that Pacific lamprey enter freshwater and reside for ~ 1 year before spawning. This long exposure to the freshwater environment may affect...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Falls, Oregon, by airplane and recorded their location. Fish migrated primarily during the spring

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:: Oregon is a critical watershed for recovery efforts for Columbia River anadromous fishes. Geomorphic

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:: . Geist A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

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:: Board (GWEB) (Oregon Plan, 1997)." The "Oregon Plan" bases its proposal on a watershed approach

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:: by Ron Gaither and the Student Watershed Enhancement Team, Monument High School, Monument, Oregon

Life history variation and movement among three populations of redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) in the middle Deschutes Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Groves, Kristy L.
Abstract:: Redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) are found over a wide range of environmental conditions and are known for their variability in life history traits among watersheds or even within streams. Life history traits and population structure of these trout can be influenced by a variety of anthropogenic changes including habitat...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Basin, Oregon. Abstract approved: Barbara A. Shields Robert E. Olson Redband trout (Oncorhynchus

Stream habitat classification and restoration in the Blue Mountians of northeast Oregon

Creator:: Ebersole, Joseph Lamar
Abstract:: The restoration of rivers and streams should be based on a strong conceptual framework. Streams are developing systems. As such, streams exhibit temporal behaviors that change with changing stream environments. Underlying the dynamic development of streams is potential capacity. Streams express this capacity as an array of habitats over time...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mountians of northeast Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joseph L. Ebersole for the degree of Master

Distribution and movements of Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, returning to the Yukon River basin

Creator:: Eiler, John H.
Abstract:: Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, returning to the Yukon River basin and other large river systems in western Alaska have declined dramatically since the late 1990s. This continuing trend has raised concerns over the future status of the returns, and severely impacted commercial and subsistence fisheries within the drainage. Management is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

Distribution and characteristics of an isolated population of coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) in streams of Triangle Lake Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Hurley, Steven M.
Abstract:: This research focused on features of a genetically isolated population of cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) in the Triangle Lake basin of coastal Oregon. A falls at the outlet of Triangle Lake has blocked upstream migration of trout and anadromous salmonids into the basin. Cutthroat trout were found throughout the six...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Triangle Lake Basin, Oregon. Abstract approved: ary A. Lamberti This research focused on features of a

Breeding site selection by coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in relation to large wood additions and factors that drive reproductive success

Creator:: Clark, Steven
Abstract:: The fitness of female Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) with respect to breeding behavior can be partitioned into at least four components: survival to reproduction, competition for breeding sites, success of egg incubation, and suitability of the local environment near breeding sites for early rearing of juveniles. Accordingly, breeding sites should...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Success by Steven Clark A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

Effects of kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) redd superimposition on bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) reproductive success in the Deschutes River Basin, Oregon.

Creator:: Weeber, Matthew A.
Abstract:: Oregon's only remaining non-reservoir population of adfluvial bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is found in Odell Lake, in the headwaters of the Deschutes River. The population size is unknown, but appears to be quite small. Limited spawning and rearing habitats, combined with the effects of introduced species and other anthropogenic changes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Salvelinus confluentus) Reproductive Success in the Deschutes River Basin, Oregon. Abstract

The Relationship between Hydroregime and Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Spawning in Three Streams of the Smith River Watershed, Oregon

Creator:: Baxter, Mackenzie R.
Abstract:: Migration and spawning phenology of Pacific Salmon is linked to the hydroregime, and thought to be triggered by increases in river discharge and decreases in water temperature. However, little data exists that describes direct fine-scale linkages between the hydroregime and spawning in Coho Salmon. This study evaluated the spatial and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Streams of the Smith River Watershed, Oregon. Abstract approved

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:: biogeoclimatic regions occur in Iceland, each having a different watershed type. The classification together

Influence of streamflow regime and biotic interactions on fish assemblage structure in rivers of the northern Great Plains

Creator:: Kelly, Valerie
Abstract:: This study evaluates the functional organization of stream fish assemblages in response to streamflow factors and biotic interactions across a range of spatial scale. The study area for this project includes 109 stream reaches located on tributaries to the upper Missouri River in the northern Great Plains. Fish distribution data...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

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