NWFSC Research Brief #9: Wildfire impacts on spring Chinook Salmon: Habitat quality in the Wenatchee River sub-basin
| Title | NWFSC Research Brief #9: Wildfire impacts on spring Chinook Salmon: Habitat quality in the Wenatchee River sub-basin |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Consortium, NWFire Scien |
| Series Title | Northwest Fire Science Consortium Research Briefs |
| Document Number | 9 |
| Date Published | Summer 2016 |
| Keywords | extension publications and factsheets, fish and wildlife habitat, research briefs |
| Abstract | In this study, researchers developed models of freshwater habitat for spring Chinook Salmon in pre- and post-fire scenarios in the Wenatchee River sub-basin of central Washington, where a large number of wildfires have occurred in the past 30 years. They predicted changes in in-stream wood, sediment, and water temperature as a result of wildfires and modeled their influence on habitat quality for three life stages (egg/fry, juvenile, and adult) of spring Chinook Salmon. They also compared their model results with the current and historic distribution of spring Chinook Salmon to better understand if decreasing populations are distributed in ways that correlate with fire impacts on habitats. |
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