Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

24 Aug, 05 AM - 26 Aug, 05 AM

Ongoing annual census of light and dark morphs of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The primary research sites are the first pool on Big Creek upstream from the Pacific Ocean, the Big Creek pool immediately upstream from the confluence with Devils Creek, the carriage bridge pool downstream from the hot springs and the Redwood camp pool on Devils Creek. Additional pools within the Big Creek and Devils creek drainages will also be studied on a secondary basis. This is the 6th consecutive year that I have been studying pigmentation variation within the native steelhead population at the Reserve. Using wetsuit, mask and snorkel, I make visual counts of the number and age distribution of normal (dark morph) and light pigmented steelhead in each pool. I also take pictures of the fish swimming freely in the stream. In this process the fish are not physically touched and care is taken to move slowly in each pool studied to minimize stressing of the fish. I use Redwood Camp as a base for this study.See previous application #1400 for original application.

Visit #5679 @Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

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Under Project # 448 | Research

Soquel High School - Science

k_12_instructor - K-12 Schools Soquel

Reservation Members(s)

Group of 2 Research Assistant (non-student/faculty/postdoc) Aug 24 - 26, 2004 (3 days)
David Casterson Aug 24 - 26, 2004 (3 days)

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Redwood Camp 3 Aug 24 - 26, 2004