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Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) Telemetry and Associated Habitat Data Collected in a Geodatabase from the Upper Boise River, Southwestern Idaho

Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, are among the more thermally sensitive of coldwater species in North America. The Boise River upstream of Arrowrock Dam in southwestern Idaho (including Arrowrock Reservoir) provides habitat for one of the southernmost populations of bull trout. The presence of the species in Arrowrock Reservoir poses implications for dam and reservoir operations. From 2011 to 2014, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey collected fish telemetry data to improve understanding of bull trout distribution and movement in Arrowrock Reservoir and in the upper Boise River tributaries. The U.S. Geological Survey compiled the telemetry (fish location) data, along with reservoir elevation, river discharge, precipitation, and water-quality data in a geodatabase. The geodatabase includes metadata compliant with Federal Geographic Data Committee content standards. Reclamation plans to incorporate the data in a decision-support tool for reservoir management.

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Author(s) Dorene E. MacCoy, Zachary M Shephard orcid, Joseph R Benjamin orcid, Dmitri Vidergar, Anthony Prisciandaro orcid
Publication Date 2017
Beginning Date of Data 1997-10-01
Ending Date of Data 2014-09-31
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MG7MQJ
Citation MacCoy, D.E., Shephard, Z.M., Benjamin, J.R., Vidergar, D., and Prisciandaro, A., 2017, Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) Telemetry and Associated Habitat Data Collected in a Geodatabase from the Upper Boise River, Southwestern Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MG7MQJ.
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Metadata Date 2020-08-20
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