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1 Types of Channel Habitat

2 Types of Channel Habitat

3 Coho Salmon in Ocean form and male and female during freshwater spawning

4 Ocean form Chinook (king) salmon

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7 Cutthroat Trout

8 Salmon redd (nest)

9 Salmonid redd (nest)

10 Salmonid redds (nests) in Washington

11 Video Clip: Wild salmon spawning. 2013.

12 Graph of stream temperatures with different canopies
OWEB, 1999, Fundamentals of River Restoration and Salmonid Fisheries

13 Table Showing preferred salmon temperatures for migration and spawning

14 Life Cycle of salmon. While the cycle is the same for salmon, different species of salmon spend varying lengths in freshwater and at sea.

15 Salmonid Life Cycle

16 Diagram of an estuary microbewiki.kenyon.edu/images/thumb/c/c2/Overview.jpg/500px-Overview.jpg

17 Salmon Fry use estuary zones for rearing.

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Areas of a river system used by salmon for spawning, rearing, feeding, and migration.

19 Fisheries Resource Best indicator of watershed health

20 Areas where salmonid species spawn and rear
Washington Dept. Forestry, 2004, Side Channel Restoration

21 Algal bloom as a result of agricultural run-off
Algal bloom as a result of agricultural run-off. Algae consumes massive amounts of oxygen that cause fish kills.

22 Run-off from different sources can cause algal blooms, eutrophication, and water density changes.

23 Figure showing chemical run-off.

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Salmon carcasses in streams provide nutrients for many organisms in streams including, microscopic organisms, insects, bears, birds, and also vegetation.

25 Birds feeding on salmon carcasses.

26 Sockeye salmon preparing redds (nests) for spawning.

27 Salmon preparing to spawn in an Alaskan river.

28 Using snorkels to gather fish counts.

29 Fisherman with a pink salmon (left) and chinook salmon (right).

30 70lb Chinook Salmon


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