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Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Page 1: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

FREEING THE ELWHA

Salmonid Natural History

Species and History

Page 2: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Salmonid Species and HistoryO The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and

trout species in several phylogenetic branches.O The Pacific salmon, rainbow trout, and cutthroat Trout are all

in the genus Oncorhynchus.

Page 3: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Relationships the Salmonids

From Smith and Stearly 1989

graylings

Salmonidae

taimen

lenoks

Atlantic salmon

Brachymystax

Hucho

Thymallus

brown trout

Salmo

Onchoryhnchus rainbow trout

cutthroat trout

Pacific salmon

Adriatic trout

Salvelinus

Arctic charDolly Varden

bull trout

Pacific Salmon

chars

bold represents fish of the Pacific Northwest

Page 4: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Relationships within Oncorhynchus

Consensus tree; Conservation Biology, Volume 8, No. 3, Sept 1994

Mexican golden trout

Oncorhyhchus rainbow trout

Pacific salmon

Apache trout

Gila trout

cutthroat troutclarki

gilaegilae apache

gilae gilae

Golden trout

Rainbow troutmykiss

chrysogaster

irideus

aguabonita

Masu

Chinook

Coho

Sockeye

Pink

Chum

masou

tsawytscha

kisutch

keta

gorbuscha

nerka

mykiss

Page 5: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Pacific Salmon Relationships

Page 6: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

FREEING THE ELWHAColonization by Pacific Salmon

Page 7: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Glacial Lake Elwha

Salmon Colonization of the Elwha river watershed

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After the IceBut, as the glaciers receeded and the lake drained,

new land was exposed and forests began to reclaim the valleys.

While ice filled the strait, salmon and other fish could not migrate into the Elwha Valley.

Page 9: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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California golden trout

Columbia redband trout

Coastal Rainbow trout

Rio Yaqui trout

chrysogaster

Mayo trout

irideus

gairdnerii

aguabonita

newberriiGreat Basin redband trout

Beardslee trout

nelsoni San Pedro Mártir trout

irideus f. beardsleei

Little Kern River golden troutf. whitei

Mykiss

Rainbow trout

Golden trout

Mexican golden trout

Rio Piaxtla trout

Rio San Lorenzo trout

Relationships of the Rainbow trout (mykiss)

Page 10: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Rainbow Trout Colonization and Evolution

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Relationships of the Cutthroat trout (clarki)

cutthroat trout

Westslope

Lahotan

Coastal

Bonneville

Rio Grande

Yellowstone

Colorado River

Greenback

Paiute

Alvord

Crescenti

Clarki clarki

f. crescentii

alvordensis

seleniris

henshawi

lewisi

Lower Snake river spp.

utah

bouvieriUpper Snake river spp.

pleuriticus

stomias

virginalis

macdonald Yellowfin

Bold indicates major subspecies, non-bold is a minor subspecies, talics indicates now extinct, small font indicates not likely a true subspecies, but rather a form

Page 13: Salmonid Natural History Species and History. Salmonid Species and History O The family Salmonidae consists of a variety of salmon and trout species in.

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Cutthroat Trout Colonization and Evolution

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How do fish cross mountain ranges?

As the climate warms, trout can survive in the lower rivers

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Beardslee and Crescenti Cutthroat Trout in Lake Crescent

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Seasonal Runs

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OncohynchusRainbow

Pacific

Salmon

Cutthroat trout

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This project was made possible in part by a grant from

Washington’s National Park Fund.