Effects of Total Dissolved Gas on Chum Salmon Fry Incubating in the Lower Columbia River

Arntzen, Evan V. ; Hand, Kristine D. ; Geist, David R. ; Murray, Katherine J. ; Panther, Jenny ; Cullinan, Valerie I. ; Dawley, Earl M. ; Elston, Ralph A.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Monitoring;    Salmon;    Incubation;    54 Environmental Sciences;    Dissolved Gases;   

DOI  :  10.2172/926109
RP-ID  :  PNNL-17132
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  926109

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report describes research conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in FY 2007 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, to characterize the effects of total dissolved gas (TDG) on the incubating fry of chum salmon (Onchorhynchus keta) in the lower Columbia River. The tasks conducted and results obtained in pursuit of three objectives are summarized: * to conduct a field monitoring program at the Ives Island and Multnomah Falls study sites, collecting empirical data on TDG to obtain a more thorough understanding of TDG levels during different river stage scenarios (i.e., high-water year versus low-water year) * to conduct laboratory toxicity tests on hatchery chum salmon fry at gas levels likely to occur downstream from Bonneville Dam * to sample chum salmon sac fry during Bonneville Dam spill operations to determine if there is a physiological response to TDG levels. Chapter 1 discusses the field monitoring, Chapter 2 reports the findings of the laboratory toxicity tests, and Chapter 3 describes the field-sampling task. Each chapter contains an objective-specific introduction, description of the study site and methods, results of research, and discussion of findings. Literature cited throughout this report is listed in Chapter 4. Additional details on the study methdology and results are provided in Appendixes A through D.