Russell W. Perry

Email: rperry@usgs.gov

Master's of Resource Management, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Mr. Perry is a principal investigator for the Anadromous Fish Ecology Section at the Western Fisheries Research Laboratory, Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, Washington. His research interests include behavior and ecology of juvenile anadromous salmonids in stream and rivers. In particular, he has studied food-web ecology of juvenile chinook salmon in small streams using stable isotope techniques. Also, past and present research aims to understand how hydroelectric operations affect juvenile salmon during their seaward migration. Radio telemetry and three-dimensional acoustic telemetry are used extensively in these studies to track behavior and migration of fish over multiple temporal and spatial scales. Current research includes 1) characterizing the response of rainbow trout and kokanee salmon in Lake Roosevelt, 2) estimating the behavior of juvenile salmonids in response to turbulence generated by small jets, and 3) researching passage alternatives to improve the collection efficiency of juvenile anadromous salmonids at Cowlitz Falls Dam, Washington.

Representative Publications:

Perry, R. W., M. J. Bradford, and J. A. Grout. In Press. Effects of disturbance on the contribution of energy sources to juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in small boreal streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Perry, R. W., N. S. Adams, and D. W. Rondorf. 2001. Buoyancy compensation of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) implanted with two different size dummy transmitters. Transaction of the American Fisheries Society 130: 46-52.

Adams, N. S., D. W. Rondorf, S. D. Evans, J. E. Kelly, R. W. Perry, J. .M. Plumb, and D.R. Kenney. 1999. Migrational characteristics of radio-tagged juvenile salmonids during operation of a surface collection and bypass system. Pages 105-117 in M. Odeh, editor. Innovations in Fish Passage Technology. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Adams, N. S., D. W. Rondorf, S. D. Evans, J. E. Kelly, and R.W. Perry. 1998. Effects of surgically and gastrically implanted radio transmitters on swimming performance and predator avoidance of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55:781-787.

Mailing Address:

U.S. Geological Survey
Western Fisheries Research Center
Columbia River Research Laboratory
5501-A Cook-Underwood Road
Cook, Washington 98606-9717

Phone: 509-538-2299 x242
Fax: 509-538-2843