Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program (AFEP)

2012 AFEP Review - Agenda & Abstracts

PRESENTATIONS - Tuesday, November 27, 2012 Presenter
Estuary Studies  
Variations in Habitats and Their Use by Juvenile Salmon in Tidal Freshwater: Implications for Evaluating Restoration Nichole Sather - PNNL
An Index of Early Life History Diversity for Pacific Salmon Gary Johnson - PNNL
Detection of PIT-Tagged Fish Using Pair Trawl and Pile Dike Antenna Systems in the Columbia River Estuary, 2012 Dick Ledgerwood - NOAA Fisheries
Estuary Habitat and Recovery of At-Risk Columbia River Salmon Daniel Bottom - NOAA Fisheries
Development of a Salmon Estuarine Habitat Index (SEHI) Kate Buenau - PNNL
Wetland Reference Sites in the Lower Columbia and Estuary: Data Synthesis and Restoration Planning Applications Amy Borde - PNNL
An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Tidal Freshwater and Estuarine Ecosystem Restoration Heida Diefenderfer - PNNL
A Geoscientific Database for the Columbia Estuary Ecosystem Restoration Program Andre Coleman - PNNL
Predation Studies - Avian & Pinniped  
Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in the Columbia River Estuary: New Developments in 2012 Daniel Roby - OSU/USGS Cooperative
Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids on the Columbia Plateau: New Findings in 2012 Daniel Roby - OSU/USGS Cooperative
Electronic recovery of Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags from the Columbia River Basin, 2012 Jen Zamon - NOAA Fisheries
Monitoring Avian Predators: Development and Implementation of a Standardized Data Collection Protocol Nathan Zorich - COE NWP
Pinniped Predation on Adult Salmonids and White Sturgeon in the Bonneville Dam Tailrace: Update for 2011-2012 Bjorn van der Leeuw - COE NWP
Adult Studies - Steelhead Kelt & Bull Trout  
McNary Dam Adult Steelhead Fallback: 2011-2012 Kenneth Ham - PNNL
Steelhead kelt passage distributions and survival for fish tagged above and at Lower Granite Dam Alison Colotelo - PNNL
Evaluation of Steelhead Kelt Migration Success through The Dalles and Bonneville Dams, 2012 Mark Weiland - PNNL
Use of the Mainstem Columbia River by Walla Walla Basin Bull Trout Marshall Barrows - USFWS
Presentatations - Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Presenter
Passage & Survival Studies  
Lower Snake River Performance Standards Assessments 2012: Experimental Design and Methods Geoff McMichael - PNNL
Results of Snake River Survival Compliance Studies for 2012 John Skalski - Univ. of WA
Little Goose Dam Passage Route and Survival Ryan Harnish - PNNL
Lower Monumental Dam Passage Route and Survival Ryan Harnish - PNNL
2012 Lower Columbia River Survival Study: Methods Christa Woodley - PNNL
Results of Mainstem Columbia River Survival Compliance Studies for 2012 John Skalski - Univ. of WA
Route-Specific Survival of Juvenile Salmonids at McNary Dam, 2012 James Hughes - PNNL
Field Evaluation of Neutrally Buoyant External Transmitter Richard Brown - PNNL
Development of an Injectable Micro-Acoustic Transmitter for Fish Passage Evaluation Daniel Deng - PNNL
Implantation and Bio-Effects Assessments of Injectable JSATS Acoustic Transmitters Christa Woodley - PNNL
Determination of Initial Inflation of the Swim Bladder and Vulnerability to Barotrauma in White Sturgeon Katrina Cook - PNNL
System Survival Studies  
Survival and Travel Time of Migrating Salmonid Smolts in the Snake and Lower Columbia Rivers - 2012 Update Steve Smith - NOAA Fisheries
Comprehensive Passage (COMPASS) Model Rich Zabel - NOAA Fisheries
Life-Cycle Modeling of Salmon Populations in the Columbia River Basin Rich Zabel - NOAA Fisheries
Transportation Studies  
Study To Determine Seasonal Effects of Transporting Fish From the Snake River To Optimize A Transportation Strategy Steve Smith - NOAA Fisheries
Study To Compare SARs of Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon under Alternative Transport and Dam Operational Strategies (2005-2008) Steve Smith - NOAA Fisheries
Identifying Overwintering Location and Natal Origin for Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon Rich Zabel - NOAA Fisheries
Straying By Adult Salmon and Steelhead: Literature Review Results Matthew Keefer- Univ. of Idaho
Straying By Species, Life History Type and Population in the Columbia River Basin Peter Westley - Univ. of WA
Evaluation of Methods to Reduce Straying Rates of Barged Juvenile Steelhead Andy Dittman - NOAA Fisheries
Presentatations - Thursday, November 29, 2012 Presenter
Lamprey Studies  
General Migration and Upstream Passage Patterns in HD-PIT-Tagged Adult Pacific Lamprey Matthew Keefer- Univ. of ID
Improving Adult Pacific Lamprey Passage at Bonneville Dam Using Lamprey Passage Structures and Refuges Steve Corbett - NOAA Fisheries
Evaluation of Lamprey Behavior at Lower Fishway Sections of Bonneville and John Day Dams using DIDSON, 2012 Christopher Caudill - Univ. of ID
Development of 3-D Modeling Tools to Document Fish Passage Information and Prioritize Improvements at Lower Columbia River Dams Christopher Caudill - Univ. of ID
Using JSATS to Evaluate Adult Pacific Lamprey Movements and Fate in Columbia River Reservoirs Christopher Noyes - Univ. of ID
Enumeration & Evaluation of Adult Pacific Lamprey Escapement and Behavior in Underwater Video at MCN and IHR with AVEDac Frank Loge - Univ. of CA, Davis
Application of DIDSON and Underwater Video to Evaluate Adult Pacific Lamprey Behavior and Passage Performance at MCN SFE Frank Loge - Univ. of CA, Davis
Passage Bottlenecks and Prioritization Planning: Highlights from the Adult Lamprey Data Synthesis Matthew Keefer - Univ. of ID