Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project

My name is Ian Mallett; I am a senior at San Lorenzo Valley High School.  For several years, I have been working with assistance from Terry Umstead to analyze the data collected at the rubber dam. 

My statistical-analysis work shows that fish are seen upstream soon after rains occur, and the number of fish can be predicted roughly by the amount of rainfall.  In addition, I have constructed a simulation-analysis that gives a rough prediction of fish migrations at every phase of their life-cycle.  For my analyses, I have won first place at the Santa Cruz County Science Fair two consecutive years.  Attached is a research poster on the topic I presented at the Monterey Bay sanctuary Symposium, which explains my project in more depth. 

During my analysis, a large portion of the data collected at the rubber dam was entered into a spreadsheet. It can be viewed here:

The Poster for the project is here.