Populations of Coastal Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) in two standard reaches of Mack Creek in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest have been monitored since 1987. Monitoring of Coastal Giant Salamanders, Dicamptodon tenebrosus began in 1993. The two standard reaches are in a section of clearcut forest (ca. 1963) and an upstream 500 year old coniferous forest. Sub-reaches are sampled with 2-pass electrofishing, and all captured vertebrates are measured and weighed. Additionally, a set of channel measurements are taken with each sampling. This study constitutes one of the longest continuous records of salmonid populations on record.
Brooke E. Penaluna, Dave Leer, Emilee Mowlds, Ivan Arismendi, Lauren Elizabeth Zatkos, Linda R. Ashkenas, Randall C. Wildman, Stanley V. Gregory
To provide a long-term record of populations in aquatic vertebrates, particularly the salmonid fish, cutthroat trout. These trends are related to land use and disturbance histories.