Quantifying the restoration success of wood introductions to increase coho salmon winter habitat

Bair, Russell T.; Segura, Catalina; Lorion, Christopher M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-841-2019

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-841-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-841-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

Research article

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05 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 05 Sep 2019

Quantifying the restoration success of wood introductions to increase coho salmon winter habitat

Russell T. Bair, Catalina Segura, and Christopher M. Lorion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of “Quantifying Restoration Success of Wood Introductions to Increase Coho Salmon Winter Habitat”', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 May 2019
- AC1: 'Reply Reviewer 1', Catalina Segura, 01 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript “Quantifying Restoration Success of Wood Introductions to Increase Coho Salmon Winter Habitat”', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 May 2019
- AC2: 'Reply Reviewer2', Catalina Segura, 01 Jul 2019

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AR by Catalina Segura on behalf of the Authors (01 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Aug 2019) by Heather Viles

ED: Publish as is (11 Aug 2019) by Heather Viles (Editor)

AR by Catalina Segura on behalf of the Authors (12 Aug 2019)

Short summary

Large wood (LW) pieces are often part of fish habitat restoration projects. We investigated reach-scale changes after the addition of LW that are relevant to juvenile coho salmon. A survivable habitat for juvenile coho was characterized in terms of critical swim speed and bed stability. Model predictions showed that survivable habitat increased by 86–128 % in terms of flow velocity and bed stability. Our findings are applicable to stream restoration efforts throughout the Pacific Northwest.