| Title | Changes in populations of reticulate sculpins (Cottus perplexus) after clear-cut logging as indicated by downstream migrants |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1981 |
| Authors | Moring, J. R. |
| Secondary Title | The American Midland Naturalist |
| Volume | 105 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pagination | 204-207 |
| Date Published | 1981 |
| ISBN Number | 0003-0031 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley Storage QH1 .A47, Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Alsea River, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, Drift Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, Reticulate sculpin = Cottus perplexus, sediment data, terrestrial vegetation, water quality, water temperature |
| Notes | This study tracks reticulate sculpins in the Alsea watershed from 1959-1973. Needle Branch, a tributary of Drift Creek, was clearcut in 1966. the number of reticulate sculpins "significantly declined." The two youngest year classes "were apparently absent." Adverse environmental conditions included lower oxygen, higher stream temperatures and more sediment. After logging, the size of surviving sculpins increased, perhaps due to less competition, changes in streamflow and changes in the food supply. |
| Label | 30892 |
