| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
The Shuswap River is a tributary of the Thompson River, which is part of the Fraser River drainage system in British Columbia (Figure 1). The Fraser River is one of the world's most productive salmon rivers, and maintaining fish habitat values and water quality is important to ensure the sustainability of the Frasers's fisheries resources. There are five anadromous salmonid species, six resident sport fish species, and numerous non-game species distributed within the Shuswap River watershed upstream of Mara Lake. The life histories of the anadromous species have spatial and temporal variations within the watershed specific to each species. Some species spend several years in freshwater before migrating to the Pacific Ocean. Resident fish populations have life histories that can be lacustrine, fluvial, or migratory fluvial-adfluvial, These complex life histories are often represented within one species, for example rainbow trout which adds difficulty in attempting to separately document these populations. Please be advised that Appendix IV is not available in EcoCat. channel, erosion, sediment, landslide, aquatic habitat |
