Modeling Juvenile Salmon Migration Using A Simple Markov Chain

We describe movement patterns of hatchery-raised, juvenile, spring chinook salmon, using a two-state Markov chain model. The existence of two states, moving and holding, is suggested by anecdotal information from a large radio telemetry study; yet adequate observations of these small-scale fish beha...

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Published inJournal of agricultural, biological, and environmental statistics Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 80 - 88
Main Authors Steel, EAshley, Guttorp, Peter, Anderson, James J, Caccia, David C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.2002
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Freshwater
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Summary:We describe movement patterns of hatchery-raised, juvenile, spring chinook salmon, using a two-state Markov chain model. The existence of two states, moving and holding, is suggested by anecdotal information from a large radio telemetry study; yet adequate observations of these small-scale fish behaviors are not available for estimating transition probabilities directly. Instead, we estimate the transition probability matrix from travel times within each of 11 river segments using a method of moments approach. Bootstrapped confidence intervals are presented. Results suggest that fish behavior in the region of the confluence between the Grande Ronde and Snake Rivers includes many transitions between moving and staying while fish behavior in the Snake River is more likely to include long periods of staying.
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ISSN:1085-7117