HABITAT USE OF THE ARROW LAKES RESERVOIR
Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission - (Revelstoke, BC)
$10,000.00

The Habitat Use of the Arrow Lakes Reservoir pre-spawning and spawning adult white sturgeon project will:

(1)Identify the relationship between Revelstoke Dam discharge and river temperature and the migration and behaviour of pre-spawning adult white sturgeon and the timing of spawning events; (2) identify the percent egg hatch at the spawning locations; (3) determine the survival rate of hatched larvae to externally feeding juvenile stages; (4) obtain preliminary data on the degree of egg stranding during low discharge periods from Revelstoke Dam; and (5) if the rearing of larvae to actively feeding juvenile stages is successful, the results would indicate that the post Revelstoke Dam temperature conditions do not directly result in recruitment failure, and that the development of a white sturgeon conservation aquaculture program at Revelstoke is feasible.

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