This study will describe the seasonal distribution of humpback whitefish Coregonus pidschian captured in the Slana River during fall. Humpback whitefish will be captured using electrofishing techniques during late September before the onset of spawning. One hundred adult humpback whitefish ≥320 mm FL will be surgically implanted with radio tags that will operate for ~25 months. Radiotagged humpbacked whitefish will be aerially tracked throughout the year to determine overall distribution, including overwintering, spawning, and summering areas, as well as migration timing among these locations. A fixed-tracking station will be used to track if/when humpback whitefish leave the Slana River drainage.
All drafts of the 2024 Operational Plan, currently .gitignored
.R code associated with the Operational Plan:
- Visualizing the number of surviving tags over time, according to constant mortality
- Describing expected precision given the proposed sample size
Tables and figures generated by the R code. Multiple versions of the same figure were saved.