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Upstream inefficiency table from the Atlantic salmon Dam Impact Analysis model v67. When adult Atlantic salmon do not pass a dam, a proportion of those fish die, a proportion return to sea, and a proportion go elsewhere to attempt to spawn.

Usage

upstream_inefficiency

Format

A dataframe with 15 observations of 15 variables

dam_failed_to_pass The dam the adults fail to pass p_die The proportion of failed migrants that die p_return_to_sea The proportion of failed migrants that return to sea p_go_elsewhere The proportion going elsewhere PU_01...PU14 The destination PUs for failed migrants at each dam with proportion going to each

Source

Nieland JL, Sheehan TF. 2020. Quantifying the Effects of Dams on Atlantic Salmon in the Penobscot River Watershed, with a Focus on Weldon Dam. US Department of Commerce, Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 19-16, Woods Hole, MA.

Nieland JL, Sheehan TF, Saunders R. 2015. Assessing demographic effects of dams on diadromous fish: a case study for Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River, Maine. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72:2423–2437.

Nieland JL, Sheehan TF, Saunders R, Murphy JS, Trinko Lake TR, Stevens JR. 2013. Dam Impact Analysis model for Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River, Maine. US Department of Commerce, Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 13-09, Woods Hole, MA.