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Big Creek Pit Tags

BCPITTAGS

The BCPITTAGS database is used to store data from an Oncorhynchus mykiss (steelhead/rainbow trout) population dynamics study in Big Creek, a coastal stream along the Big Sur coast in Monterey County, California. The Landscape Ecology team at the Fisheries Ecology Division in Santa Cruz, CA is investigating the life history of this relatively small O. mykiss population to determine its significance in the persistence of the larger South-Central California Coast Steelhead Distinct Population Segment (DPS), which includes anadromous O. mykiss populations from the Pajaro River up to (but not including) the Santa Maria River, to see how these small coastal streams with little human-related impacts may contribute to DPS viability and resiliency. The database stores data from mark-recapture surveys, fish movement data collected via instream PIT tag readers, and stream environmental data. The data will be assimilated into a stage-structured population model, where stages include life history stage and location. Movement and survival rates will be determined and analyzed using data from the stationary PIT tag readers and mobile tracking devices.
  • Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Big Creek Pit Tags [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17173.
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Distribution Formats
  • Relational database
Distributor Distributor information not available
Dataset Point of Contact Pipal, Kerrie
831-420-3935
kerrie.pipal@noaa.gov
Dataset custodian Pipal, Kerrie
831-420-3935
kerrie.pipal@noaa.gov
Time Period 2005 to Present
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West:-121.83333333333
East:-121
South:36
North:36.33333333333
Spatial Coverage Map
Dataset Information
  • Full Metadata Record
    View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset.
Associated Resources
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2010
Dataset Progress Status Under development - data is currently in the process of being created
Data Update Frequency As needed
Purpose population dynamics
Use Limitations
  • NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Big Creek Pit Tags [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17173.
Publishers
    Publisher information not available.
Theme keywords
  • big creek
  • ecology
  • population dynamics
  • salmon
  • watershed
Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. U.S. Department of Commerce
Project keywords InPort
  • Landscape Ecology Team
Use Constraints
  • Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Big Creek Pit Tags [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17173.
  • Use Constraints: none
Access Constraints
  • Access Constraints: none
Fees Fee information not available.
Lineage information for:dataset
Lineage Statement Data is collected in the field. The electronic data is converted to text. Data is edited and uploaded to the database.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • PIT tag antenna
Last Modified: 2025-05-15T19:16:16
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