Salmon escapement study, Study plan Section 9.7, Study Completion Report /

This report is a comprehensive discussion of the results of the Salmon Escapement Study conducted between 2012 and 2014. It describes the methods and results of the study, and explains how all study objectives have been met. With this report, Alaska Energy Authority has completed the field work, dat...

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Alternate Title:Study Completion Report. Salmon escapement study (9.7)

Salmon escapement study, Study plan Section 9.7, Initial Study Report.
Corporate Contributor(s):Alaska Energy Authority,

LGL Alaska Research Associates,

Alaska. Division of Sport Fish

Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project.
Publisher:[Alaska Energy Authority],
Report Numbers:SuWa 289
Original Source:Preceded by (expression): Salmon escapement study, Study plan Section 9.7, Initial Study Report.
Series:Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 289.
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Summary:This report is a comprehensive discussion of the results of the Salmon Escapement Study conducted between 2012 and 2014. It describes the methods and results of the study, and explains how all study objectives have been met. With this report, Alaska Energy Authority has completed the field work, data collection and analysis, and reporting for this study. The objectives of this study were to radio-tag and track adults of five species of Pacific salmon from the lower to upper Susitna River, to characterize their migratory behavior and spawning behavior, to use sonar in turbid waters, to compare historical and current data, to count adult chinook salmon spawning, to collect tissue samples, and to estimate the salmon escapement of the Susitna River. The study area encompassed the Susitna River from its mouth at the Cook Inlet upstream to the confluence of the Oshetna River.
Physical Description:330 pages in various pagings : color illustrations, color maps, color charts ; 28 cm.
Notes:"Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 14241)."

"October 2015."

ARLIS assigned report number: SuWa 289.

Preceded by: Salmon escapement study, Study plan Section 9.7, Initial Study Report. June 2014 (but Part D is dated November 2015). -- (Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 223).

Appendix I has a paging error: The pages for text and tables are on pages numbered 1-18, but the figures follow on pages numbered 1-11.
Report Type:November 2015; Study Completion and 2014/2015 Implementation Reports.
Original Source:Preceded by (expression): Salmon escapement study, Study plan Section 9.7, Initial Study Report.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-91).