Coastal Cutthroat Trout as Sentinels of Lower Mainland Watershed ...

54Table 4. Areas of anadromous and resident cutthroat habitat, estimated populationabundances of sea-run underyearlings and 1+ parr, and the ratio of parr to fry (x100) inLower Mainland nursery stream systems censused in1979 (adapted from DeLeeuw andStuart 1982).CutthroatNursery Anadromous InaccessibleTotalStream Underyearling 1+ Parr Parr/FryStream Name Nursery Area m 2 Area m 2 Area m 2 Abundance Abundance x 100Serpentine River 39073 0 39073 22564 6713 30Nicomekl River 28532 0 28532 72648 8116 11Campbell River 24884 0 24884 27452 2008 7Yorkson Creek 3060 0 3060 7439 1865 25Salmon River 69495 5215 74710 108492 6260 6Nathan Creek 32304 0 32304 106099 22447 21Matsqui Slough 17236 5903 23139 5555 1807 33Sumas River 19171 1826 20997 5558 2492 45Chilliwack River 4341 0 4341 4417 1002 23Hope Slough 4983 3133 8116 2622 3181 121Johnson Slough 3023 13187 16210 453 120 26Maria Slough 2633 0 2633 1581 752 48Nicomen Slough 38881 0 38881 133187 34886 26Hatzic Slough 36834 0 36834 44513 13792 31Kanaka Creek 2911 72086 74997 2583 733 28Alouette River 34444 44813 79257 12918 5051 39Widgeon Creek 7400 0 7400 7253 844 12DeBoville Slough 33537 0 33537 10950 3750 34Coquitlam River 20195 0 20195 9373 4497 48Brunette River 42880 14280 57160 7439 880 12Noons Creek 2297 0 2297 1804 755 42Mossom Creek 10310 0 10310 6804 1649 24SchoolhouseCreek 2586 0 2586 2637 1344 51McCartney Creek 2039 0 2039 2079 1060 51Seymour River 17149 0 17149 2226 171 8Lynn Creek 14714 1276 15990 3812 1121 29Mosquito Creek 14095 13338 27433 1136 713 63Capilano River 10574 0 10574 8588 2086 24MacKay Creek 16345 0 16345 7335 1066 15Dakota Creek 3395 0 3395 22183 11309 51Avalon Creek 13600 0 13600 375 29 8Twin Creek 1601 0 1601 1778 1537 86Oulette Creek 13598 0 13598 15096 13056 86