Open AccessAssessment of Smolt Condition for Travel Time Analysis Project, 1987-1997 Project Review.
Author(s) -
Robin M. Schrock,
Karen M. Hans,
John W. Beeman
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1290
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , wildlife , fishery , hydro power , travel time , environmental science , juvenile , environmental resource management , geography , operations research , ecology , engineering , transport engineering , water resource management , biology
The assessment of Smolt Condition for Travel Time Analysis Project (Bonneville Power Administration Project 87-401) monitored attributes of salmonid smolt physiology in the Columbia and Snake River basins from 1987 to 1997, under the Northwest Power Planning Council Fish and Wildlife Program, in cooperation with the Smolt Monitoring Program of the Fish Passage Center. The primary goal of the project was to investigate the physiological development of juvenile salmonids related to migration rates. The assumption was made that the level of smolt development, interacting with environmental factos such as flow, would be reflected in travel times. The Fish Passage Center applied the physiological measurements of smolt condition to Water Budget management, to regulate flows so as to decrease travel time and increase survival