Acknowledgments


Matthew Abel, Ernest Chen, Nathan Harris, Anna Willard, Terra Kemper, James Latshaw, Randal Lodges, and Daniel T. Brown of the U.S. Geological Survey assisted field collection for USGS. Assistance with The Nature Conservancy’s larval fish sampling was provided by Carolyn Doehring, Ross Egenolf, Pam Kostka, Christopher Patterson, Ariel Patushnik, Melody Warner, and Carla Wise. The Nature Conservancy specimen collections were authorized under a series of Oregon scientific taking permits through OR2009-14107, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientific taking permits TE041204-0 and TE041201-2. Dave Simon and Mark Terwilliger led field collections and data management for the Oregon State University collections with student assistants: Sara Akins, G. Antonio Cordero, Jenna Gelardi, Jake Godfrey, Kirsten Heesacker, Cara Holem, Justin Huff, Mark Jansen, Thomas Litwin, Elizabeth Quimba, Tamal Reece, Autumn Smith, Kate Spangler, Kevin Stertz, and Dax Strubb. Oregon State University specimen collections were authorized under a series of Oregon scientific taking permits through OR2009-14285, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientific taking permit TE006333-13, and OSU Institutional Animal Care and Use permit LAR-ID 3619.


This report was funded by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of Bureau of Reclamation’s mission to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. Funding was provided through Interagency Agreement 08AA200098 and contracts 1434-03HQRU1584 and #2-FG-81-0813. The views in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily represent the views of Reclamation. Additional funding was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.


First posted April 2, 2012