Fisheries & Aquatic Ecology Studies
R2 has extensive experience in conducting ecological studies in lakes, streams, rivers, and estuarine environments. Our expertise includes fish and amphibian habitat studies, aquatic invertebrate and plant sampling, taxonomy, and ecological modeling. We have conducted studies of threatened, endangered, and sensitive fishes including bull trout, cutthroat trout, Chinook, sockeye, chum and coho salmon, and steelhead.
Services include:
Population and Life History Studies
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Fish population assessments
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Fish migration and movement studies
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Spawning and adult escapement surveys
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Fry emergence studies
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Fish population modeling
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Fish entrainment and impingement studies
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Limiting factor analysis
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Biological criteria development
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Fish food and feeding studies
Habitat Surveys and Studies
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Habitat inventory and quantification surveys
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Qualitative habitat assessment
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Spawning habitat surveys and mapping
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Spawning gravel quality surveys
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Sediment deposition and monitoring studies
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Water quality sampling and analysis
River and Lake Ecological Analyses
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EPA Rapid Bioassessment Protocol studies
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Invertebrate sampling, monitoring, and analysis
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Algae and macrophyte studies
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Amphibian sampling and habitat studies
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Trophic relationship studies
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Ecological modeling studies
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Parametric, non-parametric, and multivariate statistical analyses
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Water resources and water pollution impact studies
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