Return to the river : restoring salmon to the Columbia River / / editor, Richard N. Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784549103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-63325-5; 9786610633258; 0-08-045430-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (720 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): WilliamsRichard Nicholas
• Disciplina: 639.2/756/09797
• Soggetti: Pacific salmon fisheries - Columbia River Watershed - Management; Pacific salmon - Conservation - Columbia River Watershed; Steelhead fisheries - Columbia River Watershed - Management; Steelhead (Fish) - Conservation - Columbia River Watershed
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; body; PART I A NEW CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION; 1 Introduction and Background of the Columbia River Salmon Problem; 2 The Existing Conceptual Foundation and the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program; 3 Developing a New Conceptual Foundation for Salmon Conservation; PART II THE SALMON ECOSYSTEM AND ITS MANAGEMENT; 4 Diversity, Structure, and Status of Salmon Populations; 5 The Status of Freshwater Habitats; 6 Hydroelectric System Development: Effects on Juvenile and Adult Migration; 7 Mitigation of Salmon Losses Due to Hydroelectric Development; 8 Artificial Production and the Effects of Fish Culture on Native Salmonids; 9 Harvest Management; 10 The Estuary, Plume, and Marine Environments; PART III A NEW VISION FOR RESTORATION; 11 Monitoring and Evaluation: Salmon Restoration in the Columbia River Basin; 12 Federal and State Approaches to Salmon Recovery at the Millennium; 13 Return to the River: Strategies for Salmon Restoration in the Columbia River Basin; index
• Sommario/riassunto: Return to the River will describe a new ecosystem-based approach to the restoration of salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River, once one of the most productive river basins for anadromous salmonids on the west coast of North America. The approach of this work has broad applicability to all recovery efforts throughout the northern hemisphere and general applicability to fisheries and aquatic restoration efforts throughout the world. The Pacific Northwest is now embroiled in a major public policy debate over the management and restoration of Pacific salmon.