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Sediment and dissolved oxygen data to support fine sediment intrusion in Chinook salmon spawning gravels, Sauk River, Washington

October 2, 2024

This Data Release contains supporting data to evaluate fine sediment infiltration into gravels in identified locations of Chinook spawning habitat at three sites on the Sauk River, located in western Washington. Fine sediment infiltration into the river substrate that salmonid fish species use to spawn has been shown to increase mortality during the incubation and pre-emergence phase when salmonids are still residing in the subsurface gravels. The contents of this data release include; 1) geographic coordinates for the three site locations along the Sauk River, 2) hourly dissolved oxygen concentration in the subsurface at the three site locations, and 3) grainsizes, defined as fraction finer than a given sieve size of sediment for bulk subsurface samples and sediment held within infiltration boxes and bags.

Publication Year 2024
Title Sediment and dissolved oxygen data to support fine sediment intrusion in Chinook salmon spawning gravels, Sauk River, Washington
DOI 10.5066/P9RV73FO
Authors Kristin L Jaeger, Scott W Anderson, Anya C Leach, Alexander O Headman, Sarah B Dunn, Oscar A Wilkerson, Catherine M Seguin, James R Foreman, Norman T Peterson
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Washington Water Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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