Count of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), River Temperature, and River Height in the Pilgrim River, Nome, Alaska, 2003-2014

• Main Authors: Michael Carey (ORCID: 0000-0002-3327-8995), Christian Zimmerman (ORCID: 0000-0002-3646-0688)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: biota; Anadromous migrations; Salmon; River Water; Stream flow; Water temperature; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; FISH; RAY-FINNED FISHES; SALMONS/TROUTS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; SEA ICE; TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE; SURFACE WATER; STAGE HEIGHT; HYDROSPHERE; WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY; Pilgrim River; Nome; Seward Peninsula; Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus nerka; Norton Sound; Sockeye; Weir; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/9811c267-08db-43ed-903a-402e13e079aa

The dataset is the daily count of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) passing through a fish counting weir on the Pilgrim River from 2003 to 2014. Also, included in the data set is the daily temperature and river height measured at the weir (65.103071°, -164.824046°).The fish weir was operated during the summer (late June to mid-September) by the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation.