get_stillwater_use: Get probability of fish using Stillwater Branch

In danStich/penPass: R package for Atlantic salmon PenPass model

Get probability of fish using Stillwater Branch

Description

Get flow-conditional probability of fish using the Stillwater Branch during downstream migration around Marsh Island in the lower Penobscot River.

Usage

get_stillwater_use(flow)

Arguments

flow	A numeric vector containing flow (cfs) at USGS gage 01034500

Value

A numeric vector with probability that fish use Stillwater Branch

References

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.

Stevens, JR, JF Kocik, and TF Sheehan. 2019. Modeling the impacts of dams and stocking practices on an endangered Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population in the Penobscot River, Maine, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:1795-1807.

Stich, DS, M Bailey, and JD Zydlewski. 2014. Survival of Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar smolts through a hydropower complex. Journal of Fish Biology 85:1074-1096.

See Also

stillwater_pars

Examples

# Simulate probability of using Stillwater Branch
# based on randomly drawn flow at West Enfield Dam
flow_cfs <- rep(seq(0, 60000, 100), 5)
flow_cms <- flow_cfs * 0.028316847
use <- get_stillwater_use(flow_cfs)
plot(flow_cms, use)

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