Instream Habitat Restoration and Stream Temperature Reduction in a Whirling Disease-Positive Spring Creek in the Blackfoot River Basin, Montana

ABSTRACT. Anadromous fish were excluded above Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project (PRB Project), located midway (RM 100) on the Deschutes River in central Oregon, beginning in 1968. Reintroduction of these fish above the PRB Project is proposed to meet conservation concerns that arise from lack of natural production and separation of populations. One consideration, when moving fish groups that have been isolated one from the other for thirty years, is that of disease. The health of the fish populations above Round Butte Dam could be seriously jeopardized by the introduction of whirling disease. Straying hatchery steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were detected with Myxobolus cerebralis spores, in 1987, at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery, below the PRB Project. Myxobolus cerebralis is established in tributaries of the upper Columbia River basin and of the Snake River basin, where some of these straying hatchery and wild steelhead trout may have originated. From 1997 to 2000, fish from the Deschutes River basin have been sampled for the presence of M. cerebralis. The parasite has been found in both straying hatchery and unmarked adult chinook salmon O. tshawytscha and steelhead trout. Presently there is no evidence of infection of resident fish or in returning adult fish originating from Round Butte Hatchery, although the potential for establishment of M. cerebralis in the Deschutes River watershed cannot be ruled out.

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Assessing the impacts of hydrologic and land use alterations on water temperature in the Farmington River basin in Connecticut

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ◽

10.5194/hess-23-4491-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (11) ◽

pp. 4491-4508 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

John R. Yearsley ◽

Ning Sun ◽

Marisa Baptiste ◽

Bart Nijssen

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Water Temperature ◽

River Basin ◽

Land Surface ◽

Canopy Cover ◽

River System ◽

Stream Temperature ◽

Hydrologic Model ◽

Riparian Buffers ◽

Connecticut River

Abstract. Aquatic ecosystems can be significantly altered by the construction of dams and modification of riparian buffers, and the effects are often reflected in spatial and temporal changes to water temperature. To investigate the implications for water temperature of spatially and temporally varying riparian buffers and dam-induced hydrologic alterations, we have implemented a modeling system (DHSVM-RBM) within the framework of the state-space paradigm that couples a spatially distributed land surface hydrologic model, DHSVM, with the distributed stream temperature model, RBM. The basic modeling system has been applied previously to several similar-sized watersheds. However, we have made enhancements to DHSVM-RBM that simulate spatial heterogeneity and temporal variation (i.e., seasonal changes in canopy cover) in riparian vegetation, and we included additional features in DHSVM-RBM that provide the capability for simulating the impacts of reservoirs that may develop thermal stratification. We have tested the modeling system in the Farmington River basin in the Connecticut River system, which includes varying types of watershed development (e.g., deforestation and reservoirs) that can alter the streams' hydrologic regime and thermal energy budget. We evaluated streamflow and stream temperature simulations against all available observations distributed along the Farmington River basin. Results based on metrics recommended for model evaluation compare well to those obtained in similar studies. We demonstrate the way in which the model system can provide decision support for watershed planning by simulating a limited number of scenarios associated with hydrologic and land use alterations.

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Estimating Coho Salmon Rearing Habitat and Smolt Production Losses in a Large River Basin, and Implications for Habitat Restoration

North American Journal of Fisheries Management ◽

10.1577/1548-8675(1994)014<0797:ecsrha>2.3.co;2 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 797-811 ◽

Cited By ~ 96

Author(s):

T. Beechie ◽

E. Beamer ◽

L. Wasserman

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Habitat Restoration ◽

Coho Salmon ◽

Large River ◽

Production Losses

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Stream temperature changes over Lena River Basin in Siberia

Geophysical Research Letters ◽

10.1029/2004gl021568 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Daqing Yang

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Stream Temperature ◽

Lena River ◽

Temperature Changes

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Influence of Stream Temperature on the Spatial Distribution of Westslope Cutthroat Trout Growth Potential within the Madison River Basin, Montana

North American Journal of Fisheries Management ◽

10.1577/m03-165.1 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 225-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Matthew R. Sloat ◽

Bradley B. Shepard ◽

Robert G. White ◽

Steve Carson

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

River Basin ◽

Cutthroat Trout ◽

Stream Temperature ◽

Growth Potential ◽

Westslope Cutthroat Trout

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Long-term open-water season stream temperature variations and changes over Lena River Basin in Siberia

Global and Planetary Change ◽

10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.12.007 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 48 (1-3) ◽

pp. 96-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

B LIU ◽

D YANG ◽

B YE ◽

S BEREZOVSKAYA

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Open Water ◽

Stream Temperature ◽

Temperature Variations ◽

Lena River

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Emigration of age-0 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts from the upper South Umpqua River basin, Oregon, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f99-023 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 56 (6) ◽

pp. 939-946 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Brett B Roper ◽

Dennis L Scarnecchia

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Chinook Salmon ◽

Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha ◽

Lunar Cycle ◽

Stream Temperature ◽

Spring Water ◽

Day Length ◽

The Moon ◽

Moon Phases ◽

Upper South

Two rotating smolt traps were used through 4 consecutive years to monitor emigrations of age-0 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from two watersheds of the upper South Umpqua River basin, Oregon, U.S.A. The number of wild smolts moving past the mainstem South Umpqua River trap ranged from 26 455 in 1991 to less than 5000 in 1993. The number of wild smolts passing the Jackson Creek trap ranged from 13 345 in 1991 to 0 in 1993. Higher numbers of wild smolts were significantly (P = 0.003) correlated with higher numbers of prespawning adults counted in index reaches the preceding year. Timing of emigration of smolts was found to be significantly related to stream temperature (P < 0.05) and phase of the lunar cycle (P < 0.05) but not related to changes in discharge (P > 0.05). Median emigration dates, which varied over 9 weeks, were earlier when spring water temperatures were higher. On average, two thirds of yearly smolt runs occurred when the moon was either waning or new, even though these moon phases were present only about half of the time. Significantly (P < 0.05) more fish than expected emigrated past both traps when day length was increasing.

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Climate change and stream temperature projections in the Columbia River Basin: biological implications of spatial variation in hydrologic drivers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions ◽

10.5194/hessd-11-5793-2014 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 5793-5829 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

D. L. Ficklin ◽

B. L. Barnhart ◽

J. H. Knouft ◽

I. T. Stewart ◽

E. P. Maurer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

General Circulation ◽

Thermal Sensitivity ◽

Circulation Model ◽

Columbia River ◽

Physical Factor ◽

Stream Temperature ◽

Hydrologic Model ◽

Columbia River Basin ◽

Ecological Province

Abstract. Water temperature is a primary physical factor regulating the persistence and distribution of aquatic taxa. Considering projected increases in temperature and changes in precipitation in the coming century, accurate assessment of suitable thermal habitat in freshwater systems is critical for predicting aquatic species responses to changes in climate and for guiding adaptation strategies. We use a hydrologic model coupled with a stream temperature model and downscaled General Circulation Model outputs to explore the spatially and temporally varying changes in stream temperature at the subbasin and ecological province scale for the Columbia River Basin. On average, stream temperatures are projected to increase 3.5 °C for the spring, 5.2 °C for the summer, 2.7 °C for the fall, and 1.6 °C for the winter. While results indicate changes in stream temperature are correlated with changes in air temperature, our results also capture the important, and often ignored, influence of hydrological processes on changes in stream temperature. Decreases in future snowcover will result in increased thermal sensitivity within regions that were previously buffered by the cooling effect of flow originating as snowmelt. Other hydrological components, such as precipitation, surface runoff, lateral soil flow, and groundwater, are negatively correlated to increases in stream temperature depending on the season and ecological province. At the ecological province scale, the largest increase in annual stream temperature was within the Mountain Snake ecological province, which is characterized by non-migratory coldwater fish species. Stream temperature changes varied seasonally with the largest projected stream temperature increases occurring during the spring and summer for all ecological provinces. Our results indicate that stream temperatures are driven by local processes and ultimately require a physically-explicit modeling approach to accurately characterize the habitat regulating the distribution and diversity of aquatic taxa.

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Assessing the Impacts of Hydrologic and Land Use Alterations on Water Temperature in the Farmington River Basin in Connecticut

10.5194/hess-2019-94 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

John R. Yearsley ◽

Ning Sun ◽

Marisa Baptiste ◽

Bart Nijssen

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Water Temperature ◽

River Basin ◽

Land Surface ◽

Canopy Cover ◽

River System ◽

Stream Temperature ◽

Hydrologic Model ◽

Riparian Buffers ◽

Connecticut River

Abstract. Aquatic ecosystems can be significantly altered by the construction of dams and modification of riparian buffers and the effects are often reflected in spatial and temporal changes to water temperature. To investigate the implications for water temperature of spatially and temporally varying riparian buffers and dam-induced hydrologic alterations, we have implemented a modeling system (DHSVM-RBM) that couples a spatially distributed land surface hydrologic model, DHSVM, with the distributed stream temperature model, RBM. The basic modeling system has been applied previously to several similar-sized watersheds. However, we have made enhancements to DHSVM-RBM that simulate spatial heterogeneity and temporal variation (i.e. seasonal changes in canopy cover) in riparian vegetation, and we included additional features in DHSVM-RBM that provide the capability for simulating the impacts of reservoirs that may develop thermal stratification. We have tested the modeling system in the Farmington River basin in the Connecticut River system that includes varying types of watershed development (e.g. deforestation and reservoirs) that can alter the streams’ hydrologic regime and thermal energy budget. We evaluated streamflow and stream temperature simulations against all available observations distributed along the Farmington River basin. Results based on metrics recommended for model evaluation compare well to those obtained in similar studies. We demonstrate the way in which the model system can provide decision support for watershed planning by simulating a limited number of scenarios associated with hydrologic and land use alterations.

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