Title
Laboratory Tests to Assess Water-Level Fluctuations at Vernita Bar, Washington
Publication Date
1985
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries
Start Page
49
End Page
53
Editors
Olson FW;White RG;Hamre RH;
Publication Place
Bethesda, MD
Publisher
American Fisheries Society
Abstract
Dewatering of Vernita Bar prior to the beginning of hatching (December) should not adversely affect developing chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). In December and early January, when newly hatched chinook salmon are in the redds, bank-stored water will mitigate the potential effects of short term (<8 hr) dewatering. Changes in weather conditions at Vernita Bar are not expected to adversely affect chinook salmon survival in dewatered redds.
Notes
ISBN 0-913235-37-7