Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5111
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5111
Table 1. Summary of U.S. Geological Survey and Idaho Department of Fish and Game sampling of fish communities in the lower Boise River, southwestern Idaho, 1974 to 2004.
[Abbreviations: IDFG, Idaho Department of Fish and Game; USGS, U.S. Geological Survey; WAG, Lower Boise Watershed Advisory Group; WRI, Water Resources Investigation; WTF, wastewater-treatment facility]
| Date | Project | Lead collection agency | Study objectives | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1974 to February 1975 | Snake River Fisheries Investigations | IDFG | Identify fish population, and habitat and water-quality characteristics | Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 1975 |
| January 1988 to March 31, 1988 | Regional Fishery Management Investigation | IDFG | Fish community assessment upstream and downstream of WTF | Frenzel and Hansen, 1988; Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 1988; Frenzel, 1990 |
| March to April 1992 | Regional Fishery Management Investigation | IDFG | Fish community assessment upstream and downstream of WTF | Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 2000 |
| December 1993 to March 1994 | Regional Fishery Management Investigation | IDFG | Characterize trout1 and whitefish2 population | Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 2000 |
| February and March 1995, and October 1996 | USGS WRI | USGS | Fish community assessment upstream and downstream of WTF | Mullins, 1998 |
| December 1996 to August 1997 | USGS WRI | USGS | Examine biological integrity of fish population as related to water quality | Mullins, 1999 |
| December 2001 | USGS Idaho Statewide Water Quality Network | USGS | Examine biological integrity of fish population as part of a long-term trend statewide water-quality study | MacCoy, 2004 |
| November 2003 | USGS WRI | USGS | Fish community assessment upstream and downstream of WTF | Data available on USGS web site at http://id.water.usgs.gov/projects/fish/ |
| December 2004 | USGS Idaho Statewide Water Quality Network | USGS | Examine biological integrity of fish population as part of a long-term trend statewide water-quality study | Data available on USGS web site at http://id.water.usgs.gov/projects/fish/ |
1Brown trout (Salmo trutta); rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
2Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni).
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