A protocol using coho salmon to monitor Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan standards and guidelines for fish habitat / / M.D. Bryant [and others]

• Pubblicazione: Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2008]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (80 pages) : digital, PDF file
• Soggetto topico: Coho salmon - Monitoring - Alaska - Tongass National Forest; Coho salmon - Habitat - Alaska - Tongass National Forest; Forest management - Alaska - Tongass National Forest - Evaluation
• Soggetto geografico: Tongass National Forest (Alaska) Environmental conditions
• Altri autori: BryantMason D
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on June 9, 2008).; "March 2008."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-30).
• Sommario/riassunto: We describe a protocol to monitor the effectiveness of the Tongass Land Management Plan (TLMP) management standards for maintaining fish habitat. The protocol uses juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in small tributary streams in forested watersheds. We used a 3-year pilot study to develop detailed methods to estimate juvenile salmonid populations, measure habitat, and quantitatively determine trends in juvenile coho salmon abundance over 10 years. Coho salmon have been shown to be sensitive to habitat alterations, and we use coho salmon parr as the primary indicator in the protocol. A priori criteria for type I and type II error rates, effect size, and sample sizes for the protocol were derived with estimates of variance computed from the 3-year pilot study. The protocol is designed to detect trends in abundance of coho salmon parr, as well as coho salmon fry and Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), in small streams managed according to TLMP standards and guidelines and to compare these to trends in unmanaged (old-growth) watersheds. Trends are adjusted to account for statistically significant habitat covariates. This information provides an important element in monitoring land management practices in the Tongass National Forest. The methods we describe may have application to monitoring protocols elsewhere for fish populations and land management practices.
• Titolo autorizzato: A protocol using coho salmon to monitor Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan standards and guidelines for fish habitat
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910697458903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II