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Open-File Report 2009-1092

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation

Summary of Migration and Survival Data from Radio-Tagged Juvenile Coho Salmon in the Trinity River, Northern California, 2008

By John W. Beeman, Hal Hansel, and Steve Juhnke, U.S Geological Survey; and Greg Stutzer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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ABSTRACT

The survival of hatchery-origin juvenile coho salmon from the Trinity River Hatchery was estimated as they migrated seaward through the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. The purpose of the study was to collect data for comparison to a similar study in the Klamath River and provide data to the Trinity River Restoration Program. A total of 200 fish fitted with radio transmitters were released into the Trinity River near the hatchery (river kilometer 252 from the mouth of the Klamath River) biweekly from March 19 to May 28, 2008. Fish from the earliest release groups took longer to pass the first detection site 10 kilometers downstream of the hatchery than fish from the later release groups, but travel times between subsequent sites were often similar among the release groups. The travel times of individuals through the 239 kilometer study area ranged from 15.5 to 84.6 days with a median of 43.3 days. The data and models did not support differences in survival among release groups, but did support differences among river reaches. The probability of survival in the first 53 kilometers was lower than in the reaches farther downstream, which is similar to trends in juvenile coho salmon in the Klamath River. The lowest estimated survival in this study was in the first 10 kilometers from release in the Trinity River (0.676 SE 0.036) and the highest estimated survival was in the final 20 kilometer reach in the Klamath River (0.987 SE 0.013). Estimated survivals of radio-tagged juvenile coho salmon from release to Klamath River kilometer 33 were 0.639 per 100 kilometers for Trinity River fish and 0.721 per 100 kilometers for Klamath River fish.

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Suggested citation:

Beeman, J.W., Hansel, H., Juhnke, S., and Stutzer, G., 2009, Summary of migration and survival data from radiotagged juvenile coho salmon in the Trinity River, northern California, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1092, 26 p.



Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Study Site and Methods

Results and Discussion

Summary

Acknowledgments

References Cited

Appendix 1. Travel Time Summaries of Radio-Tagged Juvenile Coho Salmon, 2008

Appendix 2. Recapture Histories of Radio-Tagged Hatchery-Origin Juvenile Coho Salmon from Trinity River Hatchery Released on Each of Six Dates during 2008

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