Sally T. Sauter

Email: sally_sauter@usgs.gov

M.S. Biology, Portland State University. Fisheries Biologist, USGS Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, WA.

Sally has worked at the Columbia River Research Laboratory since 1989. Her research interests and work experience are diverse, ranging from smolt physiology and the thermal biology of salmonids to predator-prey interactions, watershed ecology, and invasive species. Currently, she provides technical scientific writing and statistical support to research projects, including work on coastal cutthroat trout, American shad, northern pikeminnow predation, and water temperature issues.

Representative Publications:

Petersen, J.H., Barfoot, C., Sauter, S.T., Gadomski, D., Connolly, P.J., and Poe, T.P.; 1999. Predicting the effects of dam breaching in the lower Snake River on predators of juvenile salmon. Report of work prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District.

Sauter, S., McMillan, J., and Dunham, J.; 2000. Salmonid behavior and water temperature. Final report to the Policy workgroup of the EPA Region 10 Water Temperature Criteria Guidance Project.

Sauter, S.T., Crawshaw, L.I. and Maule, A.G.; 2001. Behavioral thermoregulation by spring and fall chinook salmon during smoltification. Environmental Biology of Fishes 61(3): 295-304.

Poole, G., Dunham, J., Hicks, M., Keenan, D., Lockwood, J., Materna, E., McCullough, D., Mebane, C., Risley, J., Sauter, S., Spaulding, S., and Sturdevant, D.; 2001. Scientific Issues relating to Temperature Criteria for Salmon, Trout, and Char native to the Pacific Northwest. Final Draft to the Policy Workgroup of the EPA Region10 Water Temperature Criteria Guidance Project.

Connolly, P.J., Sharpe C.S., and Sauter, S.T.; 2002. Evaluate status of coastal cutthroat trout in the Columbia River Basin above Bonneville Dam. 2001 Annual Report to Bonneville Power Administration.

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
Fax: 509-538-2843