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Cool hideaways: use of temperature refuges by juvenile coho salmon in the West Fork Smith River

Creator:

Raskauskas, Nancy

Abstract:

The West Fork Smith River, a 69 km2 watershed in the Coast Range of Oregon, is prone to short periods of very high water temperature in mid-summer due to a combination of human and natural influences. In the summers of 2003 and 2004 more than 400 juvenile coho salmon regularly...

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Honors College Thesis

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characteristics of the West Fork Smith River or native coho salmon Onchorynchus kisutch allow for survival at high
Variation in the timing of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) migration and spawning relative to river discharge and temperature

Creator:

LovellFord, Rachel M.

Abstract:

Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) migration and spawning are unique components of the salmon life cycle because they require synchrony of behavior with other individuals as well as with acceptable fluvial conditions. As with other organisms that exhibit group mating behavior, it is likely that environmental cues trigger coho salmon movement...

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Masters Thesis

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river on days when coho salmon migrated past the Winchester dam. ……………………………… 61 3.1 Map of the