Wild Salmonids in the Urbanizing Pacific Northwest [Paperback]

Wild salmon, trout, char, grayling, and whitefish (collectively salmonids) have been a significant local food and cultural resource for Pacific Northwest peoples for millennia. The location, size, and distribution of urban areas along streams, rivers, estuaries, and coasts directly and indirectly alter and degrade wild salmonid populations and their habitats. Although urban and exurban areas typically cover a smaller fraction of the landscape than other land uses combined, they have profound consequences for local ecosystems, aquatic and terrestrial populations, and water quality and quantity.This book addresses the profound consequences of urbanization on wild salmon, trout, char, grayling and whitefish (collectively salmonids), which have been a significant local food and cultural resource for Pacific Northwest peoples for millennia.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Wild Salmonids in the Urbanizing Pacific Northwest (Yeakley).- Chapter 2. Global and Regional Context of Salmonids and Urban Areas (Yeakley, Hughes).- Chapter 3. Regulatory and Planning Approaches to Protecting Salmonids in Urbanizing Environments (Molina).- Chapter 4. Socio-Ecological Context of Salmonids in the City (Shandas).- Chapter 5. Urban Hydrology in the Pacific Northwest (Yeakley).- Chapter 6. Urbanization Impacts on Pacific Northwest Aquatic and Riparian Habitats (Maas-Hebner, Dunham).- Chapter 7. Fish Passage through Urban and Rural-Residential Areas (Hughes, Dunham).- Chapter 8. Water Quality in Pacific Northwest Urban and Urbanizing Aquatic Ecosystems (Yeakley).- Chapter 9. Toxic Contaminants in the Urban Aquatic Environment (Foster, Curtis, Gundersen).- Chapter 10. Wastewater Treatment and the Urban Aquatic Environment (Dunham).- Chapter 11. Aquatic Biota in Urban Areas (Hughes, Dunham).- Chapter 12. Wild Salmonids in the Urban Environment: Lethal and Sublethal Effects (Maas-Hebner, Hughes, Schreck).- Chapter 13. Rehabilitating Aquatic Ecosystems in Developed Areas (Maas-Hebner).- Chal£#