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Life History Patterns and Habitat Use in the Upper Columbia

Life History Patterns and Habitat Use in the Upper Columbia. Greer Maier Science Program Manager Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board. GOALS OF THE SESSION.

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Life History Patterns and Habitat Use in the Upper Columbia

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  1. Life History Patterns and Habitat Use in the Upper Columbia Greer MaierScience Program ManagerUpper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board

  2. GOALS OF THE SESSION • Improve current understanding of life history and habitat use of listed salmonids in order to inform ongoing recovery plan implementation. • Create dialogue between project sponsors, decision-makers, and research and monitoring entities. • Generate a summary of information gaps and current information about life history and habitat use of UC populations.

  3. WHY IS LIFE HISTORY IMPORTANT? • Diverse life histories contribute to population resilience. • Habitat opportunity, capacity, and performance can be greatly influenced by life history (and vise versa)AND  Habitat opportunity, capacity, and performance can greatly influence population capacity, growth, and productivity (and vise versa) • Effective and efficient recovery strategies, actions, and decisions are often based on our understanding of life history and habitat use.

  4. WHAT IS LIFE HISTORY? • Life history is defined as the combination of traits exhibited by an organism throughout its life cycle. • Life history characteristics can be imagined as various investments and tradeoffs in growth, reproduction, and survivorship.

  5. WHY IS LIFE HISTORY IMPORTANT? Simenstad and Fresh

  6. HOW ARE HABITAT & LIFE HISTORY LINKED? Simenstad and Fresh

  7. WHAT DRIVES LIFE HISTORY? • Long-Term (generations) • Genetics • Habitat and Environmental Conditions • Short-Term (year-to-year) • Individual Behavior • Growth and Performance • Carrying Capacity • Habitat and Environmental Conditions

  8. WHAT DRIVES LIFE HISTORY? Simenstad and Fresh

  9. EXISTING RESOURCES • General life history patterns in UC (e.g. Chapman et al. 1995, Peven2003, UCSRB 2007, Andonegui2001) • Emerging Research (e.g. Tomaro et al. 2012, Miller 2011, Tucker et al. 2011, Benjamin et al. 2012) • PIT Tag Datasets • Ongoing modeling efforts

  10. General Life History PatternsSPRING CHINOOK Summer Parr Rearing Early Spring Emergence Fall Juvenile Redistribution Late Summer (August-Sept peak) Spawning Juvenile Overwintering Spring (May Peak) Smolt Migration Spring (Mid-May peak) Adult Migration Days-to-months estuarine rearing 1-4 years (2-3 average) ocean rearing

  11. General Life History PatternsSTEELHEAD Fall Parr Rearing Summer Emergence Juvenile Rearing 1-7 years (2-3 years average) Following Spring (April peak) Spawning Summer (Aug-Sept Peak) Adult Migration Spring (April-May Peak) Smolt Migration Days-to-months estuarine rearing 1-4 years (2 years average) ocean rearing

  12. FOCAL SPECIES & LIFE STAGES • Spring Chinook, Steelhead, and Bull Trout • Adult Migration/Holding • Spawning • Fry • Summer Parr • Winter Juvenile • Emigrant

  13. KEY QUESTIONS • BY LIFE STAGE, BY SUBBASIN: • Timing • Age-structure • Areas of occupancy and use • Movement and Behavior • Habitat characteristics and environmental factors • Survival, growth, and carrying capacity

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