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NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
卷 35, 期 2, 页码 229-240出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2014.992558
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- Dominion Power Company
- North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
- North Carolina State University
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Wildlife Management Institute
Riverine hydroacoustic techniques are an effective method for evaluating abundance of upstream migrating anadromous fishes. To use these methods in the Roanoke River, North Carolina, at a wide site with uneven bottom topography, we used a combination of split-beam sonar and dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) deployments. We aimed a split-beam sonar horizontally to monitor midchannel and near-bottom zones continuously over the 3-month spring monitoring periods in 2010 and 2011. The DIDSON was rotated between seven cross-channel locations (using a vertical aim) and nearshore regions (using horizontal aims). Vertical deployment addressed blind spots in split-beam coverage along the bottom and provided reliable information about the cross-channel and vertical distributions of upstream migrants. Using a Bayesian framework, we modeled sonar counts within four cross-channel strata and apportioned counts by species using species proportions from boat electrofishing and gill netting. Modeled estimates (95% credible intervals [CIs]) of total upstream migrants in 2010 and 2011 were 2.5 million (95% CI, 2.4-2.6 million) and 3.6 million (95% CI, 3.4-3.9 million), respectively. Results indicated that upstream migrants are extremely shore-and bottom-oriented, suggesting nearshore DIDSON monitoring improved the accuracy and precision of our estimates. This monitoring protocol and model may be widely applicable to river systems regardless of their cross-sectional width or profile.
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