Spawning bed sedimentation studies in northern California streams

James W. Burns

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Spawning bed sedimentation studies in northern California streams

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James W. Burns

Year:

1970

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

California Fish and Game 56(4): 253-270.

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Abstract

Changes in the size composition of spawning bed materials in six coastal streams were monitored for 3 years to determine the effects of logging on the habitat of silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and trout (Salmo gairdnerii gairdnerii and S. clarkii clarkii). Four test streams were sampled before, during and after logging. Two streams in unlogged watersheds and the undisturbed upstream section of one test stream served as controls. A variety of stream types in second-growth and old-growth forests was selected for observation.

Keywords

PSW4351, Caspar Creek, watershed, Jackson State Forest, fish, stream, spawning, sedimentation

Citation

Burns, James W. 1970. Spawning bed sedimentation studies in northern California streams. California Fish and Game 56(4): 253-270.