Aquatic Life and Habitat in the Arroyo Seco Watershed Water Temperature Mean Channel Substrate Percent Overhead Cover This map was produced by the Central Coast Watershed Studies Team (CCoWS), The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay. Field habitat survey summer 2001 by Julie Hager, Joel Casagrande, Don Kozlowski, Joy Larson, Thor Anderson, Susan Alexander, & Fred Watson. Map design & production by Julie Hager, Joel Casagrande, Fred Watson, & Wendi Newman. Photographs by Julie Hager, Joel Casagrande, & Don Kozlowski. Project Leader: Fred Watson. Funded by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB) grant #9-168-130-0 & NASA/EPA grant #NAG6-6529 Suggested citation for this map: Hager, J., Casagrande, J., Newman, W., Watson, F. 2003. Aquatic Life and Habitat in the Arroyo Seco Watershed . The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2003-09, map Land Use Classification Classification of land use/ land cover was derived from Landsat ETM imagery (dates of images April, July, November 2000; June, July 2001) using Microimages software. Details on the processing of this image can be found in the accompanying report listed below. Streams layer is from a USGS NHD dataset. Highways is from the WATER dataset created by California Coastal Commission (1998). All other layers were developed by the Watershed Institute. Land use report citation : Newman, W.B., Watson, F.G.R., Angelo, M., Casagrande, J., Feikert, B. 2003 Land Use History and Mapping in California’s Central Coast Region The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2003-03, 86 pp http://science.csumb.edu/~ccows Publication Number WI-2003-09 © The Watershed Institute, May, 2003 Map version 3.0 Study Area Location in Central California Santa Cruz Salinas Salinas River Grasslands Shrub Oak Woodland/Mixed Forest Conifer Forest/ Montane Irrigated Row Crop Vineyard/Berries Golf/Green Crop Urban Reaches surveyed by CCoWS team (Summer 2001) Arroyo Seco River and Tributaries Roads Reaches with Rainbow Trout Sightings Steelhead (ocean going rainbow trout) are the only native trout in the Arroyo Seco Watershed. Trout prefer clear, cold, and well oxygenated water. As adults, steelhead prey on a variety of aquatic insects as well as young pikeminnows. Reaches with Sacramento Sucker Sightings Sacramento Suckers, also native to the Arroyo Seco Watershed, are docile bottom feeders that prefer slow moving warm water. Reaches with Sacramento Sucker Sightings Pikeminnows, a native to the Arroyo Seco Watershed, also prefer the warmer reaches of the river. As adults, they prey on young steelhead (trout). However, their interactions are limited to where their overlapping water temperature habitats meet. Reaches with Frog and/or Toad Sightings Large Pools Road crossings or potential barriers to fish crossings Reaches with Snake Sightings (in water)

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Aquatic Life and Habitat in the Arroyo Seco Watershed

Water Temperature Mean Channel Substrate Percent Overhead Cover

This map was produced by the Central Coast Watershed Studies Team (CCoWS), The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay.

Field habitat survey summer 2001 by Julie Hager, Joel Casagrande, Don Kozlowski, Joy Larson, Thor Anderson, Susan Alexander, & Fred Watson.

Map design & production by Julie Hager, Joel Casagrande, Fred Watson, & Wendi Newman.

Photographs by Julie Hager, Joel Casagrande, & Don Kozlowski.

Project Leader: Fred Watson.

Funded by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board(CCRWQCB) grant #9-168-130-0 & NASA/EPA grant #NAG6-6529

Suggested citation for this map:

Hager, J., Casagrande, J., Newman, W., Watson, F. 2003. Aquatic Life and Habitat in the Arroyo Seco Watershed . The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2003-09, map

Land Use Classification

Classification of land use/ land cover was derived from Landsat ETM imagery (dates of images April, July, November 2000; June, July 2001) using Microimages software. Details on the processing of this image can be found in the accompanying report listed below. Streams layer is from a USGS NHD dataset. Highways is from the WATER dataset created by California Coastal Commission (1998). All other layers were developed by the Watershed Institute.

Land use report citation :Newman, W.B., Watson, F.G.R., Angelo, M., Casagrande, J., Feikert, B. 2003Land Use History and Mapping in California’s Central Coast RegionThe Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2003-03, 86 pp

http://science.csumb.edu/~ccowsPublication Number WI-2003-09

Map version 3.0

Study Area Location in Central California

Santa Cruz

Salinas

Salinas River

GrasslandsShrubOak Woodland/Mixed ForestConifer Forest/ MontaneIrrigated Row CropVineyard/BerriesGolf/Green CropUrban

Reaches surveyed by CCoWS team (Summer 2001)

Arroyo Seco River and TributariesRoads

Reaches with Rainbow Trout SightingsSteelhead (ocean going rainbow trout) are the only native trout in the Arroyo Seco Watershed. Trout prefer clear, cold, and welloxygenated water. As adults, steelhead prey on a variety of aquatic insects as well as young pikeminnows.

Reaches with Sacramento Sucker SightingsSacramento Suckers, also native to the Arroyo Seco Watershed, are docile bottom feeders that prefer slow moving warm water.

Reaches with Sacramento Sucker SightingsPikeminnows, a native to the Arroyo Seco Watershed, also prefer the warmer reaches of the river. As adults, they prey on young steelhead (trout). However, their interactions are limited to where their overlapping water temperature habitats meet.

Reaches with Frog and/or Toad Sightings

Large Pools

Road crossings or potential barriers to fish crossings

Reaches with Snake Sightings (in water)