The distribution and relative abundance of spawning and larval Pacific lamprey in the Willamette River Basin Final Report to the Columbia Inter-Tribal Fish Commission for project years 2011-2014 May 2014 Prepared by Luke Schultz1* Mariah P. Mayfield1, 2 Gabriel T. Sheoships1 Lance A. Wyss3 Benjamin J. Clemens4 Brandon Chasco5 and Carl B. Schreck6 (P.I.) CRITFC Contract number C13-11 Fiscal Year 2013 (May 1, 2013-April 30, 2014) BPA Contract number 60877 BPA Project number 2008-524-00 1Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, U. S. Geological Survey, 104 Nash Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 *E-mail:
[email protected]; phone: 541-737-1964 2current address: Rural Aquaculture Promotion, Peace Corps, Lusaka, Zambia 3current address: Calapooia, North Santiam, and South Santiam Watershed Councils Brownsville, OR 4current address: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, OR Corvallis, OR 97331 5Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 104 Nash Hall, Oregon State University 6USGS, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 104 Nash Hall Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
[email protected] Acknowledgements Funding for this study was provided by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission through the Columbia Basin Fish Accords partnership with the Bonneville Power Administration under project 2008-524-00, Brian McIlraith, project manager. Fieldwork assistance was generously provided by J. Doyle, B. Gregorie, B. McIlraith, K. Kuhn, V. Mayfield, R. McCoun, J. Sáenz, L. Schwabe, K. McDonnell and C. Christianson. B. Heinith, J. Peterson, B. Gerth, G. Giannico, J. Jolley, G.