Anadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016
<p>doi: <a href="/ojs/index.php/jmie_sfews/editor/viewMetadata/doi: http:/dx.doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss2art7">http://dx.doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss2art7</a></p><p>As juvenile salmon enter the Sacramento–SanJoaquin River Delta (“the Delta”) they di...
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| author | Russell W. Perry Rebecca A. Buchanan Patricia L. Brandes Jon R. Burau Joshua A. Israel |
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| description | <p>doi: <a href="/ojs/index.php/jmie_sfews/editor/viewMetadata/doi: http:/dx.doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss2art7">http://dx.doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss2art7</a></p><p>As juvenile salmon enter the Sacramento–SanJoaquin River Delta (“the Delta”) they disperse among its complex channel network where they are subject to channel-specific processes that affect their rate of migration, vulnerability to predation, feeding success, growth rates, and ultimately, survival. In the decades before 2006, tools available to quantify growth, dispersal, and survival of juvenile salmon in this complex channel network were limited.Fortunately, thanks to technological advances such as acoustic telemetry and chemical and structural otolith analysis, much has been learned over the past decade about the role of the Delta in the life cycle of juvenile salmon. Here, we review new science between 2006and 2016 that sheds light on how different life stages and runs of juvenile salmon grow, move, and survive in the complex channel network of the Delta. One of the most important advances during the past decade has been the widespread adoption of acoustic telemetry techniques. Use of telemetry has shed light on how survival varies among alternative migration routes and the proportion of fish that use each migration route. Chemical and structural analysis of otoliths has provided insights about when juveniles left their natal river and provided evidence of extended rearing in the brackish or saltwater regions of the Delta. New advancements in genetics now allow individuals captured by trawls to be assigned to specific runs. Detailed information about movement and survival in the Delta has spurred development of agent-based models of juvenile salmon that are coupled to hydrodynamic models. Although much has been learned, knowledge gaps remain about how very small juvenile salmon (fry and parr) use theDelta. Understanding how all life stages of juvenile salmon grow, rear, and survive in the Delta is critical for devising management strategies that support a diversity of life history strategies.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e74d8aa0f9c348f1b93c9abd6cd3f58b2022-12-21T17:49:36ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science1546-23662016-07-01142ark:13030/qt27f0s5khAnadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016Russell W. Perry0Rebecca A. Buchanan1Patricia L. Brandes2Jon R. Burau3Joshua A. Israel4U.S. Geological SurveyUniversity of Washington, SeattleU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceU.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Bureau of Reclamation<p>doi: <a href="/ojs/index.php/jmie_sfews/editor/viewMetadata/doi: http:/dx.doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss2art7">http://dx.doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss2art7</a></p><p>As juvenile salmon enter the Sacramento–SanJoaquin River Delta (“the Delta”) they disperse among its complex channel network where they are subject to channel-specific processes that affect their rate of migration, vulnerability to predation, feeding success, growth rates, and ultimately, survival. In the decades before 2006, tools available to quantify growth, dispersal, and survival of juvenile salmon in this complex channel network were limited.Fortunately, thanks to technological advances such as acoustic telemetry and chemical and structural otolith analysis, much has been learned over the past decade about the role of the Delta in the life cycle of juvenile salmon. Here, we review new science between 2006and 2016 that sheds light on how different life stages and runs of juvenile salmon grow, move, and survive in the complex channel network of the Delta. One of the most important advances during the past decade has been the widespread adoption of acoustic telemetry techniques. Use of telemetry has shed light on how survival varies among alternative migration routes and the proportion of fish that use each migration route. Chemical and structural analysis of otoliths has provided insights about when juveniles left their natal river and provided evidence of extended rearing in the brackish or saltwater regions of the Delta. New advancements in genetics now allow individuals captured by trawls to be assigned to specific runs. Detailed information about movement and survival in the Delta has spurred development of agent-based models of juvenile salmon that are coupled to hydrodynamic models. Although much has been learned, knowledge gaps remain about how very small juvenile salmon (fry and parr) use theDelta. Understanding how all life stages of juvenile salmon grow, rear, and survive in the Delta is critical for devising management strategies that support a diversity of life history strategies.</p>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/27f0s5khChinook SalmontelemetrySteelheadotolithsDelta Cross Channelsurvivalmigration |
| spellingShingle | Russell W. Perry Rebecca A. Buchanan Patricia L. Brandes Jon R. Burau Joshua A. Israel Anadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016 San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Chinook Salmon telemetry Steelhead otoliths Delta Cross Channel survival migration |
| title | Anadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016 |
| title_full | Anadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016 |
| title_fullStr | Anadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016 |
| title_short | Anadromous Salmonids in the Delta: New Science 2006–2016 |
| title_sort | anadromous salmonids in the delta new science 2006 2016 |
| topic | Chinook Salmon telemetry Steelhead otoliths Delta Cross Channel survival migration |
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