AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY
CALIFORNIA-NEVADA AND HUMBOLDT CHAPTERS

SYMPOSIUM AND 38TH ANNUAL MEETING

"Understanding, Protecting, and Enjoying California's Fishes from the Sierra to the Sea"
April 22 - 24, 2004
Red Lion Inn, 1830 Hilltop Drive, Redding, California 96002

Session Title: To Pulse or Not to Pulse: The Pros and Cons of
                                Pulsed Flows on Habitat and Aquatic Biota

Session Chair: Paciencia (Cincin) S. Young  

Date: Friday, April 23, 2004

Time: 1:00-5:00 PM

1:00-1:10	Welcome and Announcements Cincin Young, University of California, Davis
1:10:1:30	The Effects of Managed Flood Release on a Salmonid Spawning Gravel Enhancement Project Joseph E. Merz, East Bay Municipal Utility District and University of California, Davis
1:30-1:50	Pulse Flows for Alluvial Processes in Bedrock River Ecosystems William Trush, McBain and Trush, Inc.
1:50-2:10	Evaluating Pulsed Flow-Based Disturbances of Stream Benthos in Regulated Rivers Ian Chan, Garcia and Associates
2:10-2:30	Freshwater Mussels and the Potential Impacts of Pulsed Flows Jeffrey D. Cook, Spring Rivers Ecological Sciences
2:30-2:50	Some Effects of Spring and Summer Pulse Flows on River-Breeding Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs (Rana boylii) along the North Fork Feather River Ronald E. Jackman, Garcia and Associates
2:50-3:10	Break
3:10-3:30	Pulsed Flows Effects on Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Egg Masses, Filamentous Green Algae, and Fish Stranding in the Pit River Maria J. Ellis, Spring Rivers Ecological Sciences
3:30-3:50	Stranding of Aquatic Organisms during Periodic Whitewater Boating Flows on the North Fork Feather River, California Tim Salamunovich, Thomas R. Payne & Associates
3:50-4:10	Movement of Sacramento Sucker (Catostomus occidentalis) and Hitch (Lavinia exilicauda) during a Spring, Pulse Flow below Camanche Dam in the Mokelume River, California Carson Jeffres, University of California, Davis
4:10-4:30	Effects of Pulsed Flows on Virtual Fish: What Can We Learn from Individual-based Models? Steve Railsback, Humboldt State University and Lang, Railsback & Associates
4:30-4:50	Monitoring the Ecological Effects of Recreation Pulse Flows as a Component of Dam Relicensing Proceedings in Northern California Curtis Knight, California Trout

Back: S. Railsback, T. Salamunovich, C. Jeffres, J. Merz, J. Cook, R. Jackman
Front: P. Young, M. Ellis, I. Chan, and C. Knight