@article {36106,
	title = {Riparian litter inputs to streams in the central Oregon Coast Range},
	journal = {Freshwater Science},
	volume = {32},
	number = {1},
	year = {2013},
	note = {The type of vegetation along a stream bank influences the stream{\textquoteright}s ecosystem.  Coniferous vegetation provides logs and year-long shade.  Deciduous vegetation supplies important nutrients to streams and supports aquatic invertebrate populations.  While Oregon{\textquoteright}s current forest management practices stress  conifer-dominated riparian areas, the authors suggest that each type of vegetation makes valuable contributions to its streams, and that the ecosystems might benefit from occasional interruptions of different streamside vegetation types.},
	month = {2013, Mar.},
	pages = {p. 343{\textendash}358},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Big Elk Creek, ecosystem health, habitats, Lake Creek, Lobster Creek, Lower Alsea River, terrestrial vegetation, Upper Alsea River, water temperature, Yaquina River Basin},
	doi = {10.1899/12-074.1},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/2v23vv040},
	author = {Hart, Stephanie K. and Hibbs, David E. and Perakis, Steven S.}
}
@mastersthesis {33616,
	title = {Land Ownership and Forest Cover in the Oregon Coast Range:  Spatial Pattern and Social Ground-Truthing},
	year = {2000},
	note = {Studied the changing patterns of land ownership in several areas in Western Oregon, and used the Big Elk Creek watershed as a case study. Complex historical, social and economic factors each affected the relationship between the extent of forest cover and land ownership. The extent of riparian areas owned was noted in the study. Masters thesis. Major professor was John C. Bliss.},
	pages = {79 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Forest Resources},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, historical, land ownership, land use, Lincoln County, logging, terrestrial vegetation, theses, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/2n49t383j},
	author = {Stanfield, Brooks J.}
}
@article {33246,
	title = {Oregon coastal salmon spawning surveys, 1994 and 1995},
	volume = {no.97-5},
	year = {1997},
	month = {May_1997},
	pages = {204 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {[Portland, Or.]},
	keywords = {abundance, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, geographical distribution, Grant Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Yaquina River},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A45542},
	author = {Jacobs, Steven E. and Cooney, Cedric X. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@article {33236,
	title = {Status of coastal cutthroat trout in Oregon},
	volume = {no.97-2},
	year = {1997},
	month = {April_1997},
	pages = {27},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {[Portland, Or.]},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, coastal cutthroat trout=Oncorhynchus clarki clarki, fishes, historical, life history information, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, Yaquina River, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A18470},
	author = {Hooton, Robert M. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@article {33106,
	title = {Status review of West Coast steelhead from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California},
	volume = {no.27},
	year = {1996},
	note = {Yaquina River winter steelhead run trend was downward (-2.9\%/year). This estimate was based on the run on Big Elk Creek.  Hatchery practices (past and present) identified as major threat to genetic integrity for steelhead in this area.},
	pages = {261 p.},
	institution = {U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service},
	address = {Seattle, Wash.?},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, endangered species, hatcheries, management plans, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/assets/25/5592_06172004_122523_steelhead.pdf},
	author = {Busby, Peggy J. and Wainwright, Thomas C. and Bryant, Gregory J. and Lierheimer, Lisa J. and Waples, Robin S. and Waknitz, F. William and Lagomarsino, Irma and U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northwest Fisheries Science Center, and U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southwest Region. Protected Species Management Division,}
}
@article {33061,
	title = {Big Elk Watershed Analysis},
	year = {1995},
	month = {August_1995},
	pages = {98 p.},
	institution = {Alsea Ranger District, Siuslaw National Forest},
	address = {Alsea, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, birds, chemical, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coastal cutthroat trout= Oncorhynchus clarki clarki, coastrange sculpin=Cottus aleuticus, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, community ecology, demographics, depleted populations, ecological succession, economics, fishes, general ecosystem description, habitat conservation, human impacts, hydrology, land ownership, land use, life history information, marbled murrelet=Brachyramphus marmoratus, Mill Creek, natural resource management, Pacific lamprey=Lampetra tridentata, population biology, prickly sculpin=Cottus asper, Reticulate sculpin=Cottus perplexus, Roosevelt elk=Cervus elaphus roosevelti, sediments, species composition, speckled dace=Rhinicthys osculus, steelhead=Oncorhynchus mykiss, terrestrial mammals, terrestrial vegetation, threespine stickleback=Gasterosteus aculeatus, water quality, water rights, water temperature, water use},
	url = {https://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/DataClearinghouse/default.aspx?pn=ViewFile\&att=USFS/USFS_374_DOC_BigElkanalyForestry.pdf},
	author = {U.S. Department of the Interior. Siuslaw National Forest. Alsea Ranger District,}
}
@article {32961,
	title = {Oregon coastal salmon spawning surveys, 1993},
	volume = {no.95-1},
	year = {1995},
	month = {March_1995},
	pages = {104 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {abundance, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, geographical distribution, Grant Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Yaquina River},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A45538},
	author = {Cooney, Cedric X. and Jacobs, Steven E. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@conference {32986,
	title = {Status of coastal cutthroat trout in Oregon},
	booktitle = {Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout:  Biology, Management, and Future Conservation},
	year = {1995},
	month = {1997},
	pages = {p.57-67},
	publisher = {Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society},
	organization = {Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society},
	address = {Reedsport, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, catch statistics, coastal cutthroat trout=Oncorhynchus clarki clarki, fishes, hatchery salmonids, historical, life history information, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, population count, Yaquina River},
	author = {Hooton, Robert M.},
	editor = {Hall, James D. and Bisson, Peter A. and Gresswell, Robert E}
}
@article {32881,
	title = {Oregon coastal salmon spawning surveys, 1992},
	volume = {no. 94-2},
	year = {1994},
	month = {March_1994},
	pages = {103 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {abundance, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, geographical distribution, Grant Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Yaquina River},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A45540},
	author = {Cooney, Cedric X. and Jacobs, Steven E. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@article {32781,
	title = {Oregon coastal salmon spawning surveys, 1991},
	volume = {no. 93-1},
	year = {1993},
	month = {March_1993},
	pages = {81 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland,Or.},
	keywords = {abundance, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, geographical distribution, Grant Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Yaquina River},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A45541},
	author = {Jacobs, Steven E. and Cooney, Cedric X. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@article {32641,
	title = {Microbiological quality of the Yaquina estuary},
	volume = {no. 110},
	year = {1992},
	month = {1992},
	pages = {72 p.},
	institution = {Water Resources Research Institute, Oregon State University},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {air temperature data, bacteria, Big Elk Creek, biological, climate, Deer Creek, estuarine dynamics, general ecosystem description, hydrology, Little Elk Creek, Mill Creek, physical, precipitation data, salinity data, Salmon Creek, sediment data, shellfish poisoning, tidal data, Trapp Creek, water pollution, water temperature data, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/02871099r},
	author = {Arnold, Gary and Caldwell, Richard S. and Lannan, Cathy and Winton, James and Water Resources Research Institute,}
}
@article {32661,
	title = {Oregon coastal salmon spawning surveys, 1990},
	volume = {no.92-2},
	year = {1992},
	month = {March_1992},
	pages = {73 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {abundance, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, geographical distribution, Grant Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Yaquina River},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A45539},
	author = {Jacobs, Steven E. and Cooney, Cedric X. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@mastersthesis {36571,
	title = {Foraging Behavior of the Limnephilid Caddisfly, <i>Dicosmoecus gilvipes</i>, and Co-Occurring Herbivores in Streams of the Pacific Northwest},
	year = {1989},
	note = {This is an in-depth look at the life of an aquatic insect on Big Elk Creek. The author looked for microhabitat preferences, abundance and distribution of the giant orange sedge caddisfly and compared its preferences with other grazing animals in the creek.  She developed a behavioral catalog in order to have a context in which she could interpret behavior under different conditions.  In the laboratory, she used tme-lapse photography to study foraging behavior.  Includes charts, tables, a schematic diagram of a 50-meter stretch of Big Elk Creek, and scanning electron microphotographs of the caddisfly. Doctoral dissertation.  Major professor was Stanley V. Gregory.},
	pages = {174 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Doctoral Dissertation},
	edition = {Ph. D.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Agapetus bifidus, algae, American dipper = Cinclus mexicanus, aquatic insects, behavior, Big Elk Creek, feeding behavior, Giant orange sedge caddisfly = Dicosmoecus gilvipes, Glossosoma penitum, hydrology, life history information, Lithodlyphus virens, Shasta juga snail = Juga silicula, spatial distribution, theses, Yaquina Rive Basinr},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/kd17cw12j},
	author = {Li, Judith Lew}
}
@article {32316,
	title = {Oregon Coastal Salmon Spawning Surveys, Three-Year Update Progress Report, 1986 to 1989},
	year = {1989},
	month = {[1989]},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {abundance, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, geographical distribution, Grant Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Yaquina River},
	author = {Jacobs, Steven E. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@article {32141,
	title = {Oregon Coastal Coho Salmon Spawning Surveys.  1987-88 Season Data Report.  Lincoln Fisheries District [Oregon Aqua-Foods]},
	year = {1988},
	note = {Mostly statistical tables.},
	month = {November_1988},
	institution = {Buell \& Associates, Inc.},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Bales Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek estuary, Big Elk Creek, biological, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, Cook Creek, Deer Creek, depleted populations, Feagles Creek, fishes, hatchery salmonids, Hayes Creek, Klamath Creek, Little Elk Creek, Mill Creek, Olalla Creek, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, Siletz River estuary, Simpson Creek, Stony Creek, Thornton Creek, Wildcat Creek, Wolf Creek, Wright Creek, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Buell, J.W. and Kruger, R.L. and Buell \& Associates, Inc., and Oregon Aqua-Foods, Inc.,}
}
@book {32201,
	title = {Oregon Coastal Salmon Spawning Surveys, 1985},
	year = {1988},
	month = {September_1988},
	publisher = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	organization = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {abundance, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, geographical distribution, Grant Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, population biology, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, temporal distribution, Upper Yaquina River},
	author = {Jacobs, Steven E. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@article {32196,
	title = {Straying in Oregon by adult salmon of hatchery origin, 1985},
	volume = {no.88-5},
	year = {1988},
	month = {May_1988},
	pages = {43 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {[Portland, Or.]},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, hatchery salmonids, Lower Yaquina River, Oregon Aqua-Foods, Upper Yaquina River, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A44560},
	author = {Jacobs, Steven E. and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division,}
}
@article {31936,
	title = {Oregon Salmon and Steelhead Sport Catch Statistics 1975-1984},
	year = {1986},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland. Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Beaver Creek estuary, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chetco River estuary, Columbia River estuary, Coos River estuary, Coquille River estuary, general, Nestucca River estuary, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, recreational fisheries - salmon, Rogue River estuary, Salmon River Estuary, Siletz River estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, Sixes River estuary, Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife,}
}
@article {24661,
	title = {Oregon Coastal Salmon Spawning Surveys and Straying of Private Hatchery Coho Salmon from Yaquina and Coos Bays, 1983},
	year = {1984},
	note = {In addition to standard spawning surveys for coho salmon, this report contains additional sampling in the Yaquina River, at the Salmon River Hatchery and tributaries of Coos Bay "to document straying of private hatchery coho salmon from the Oregon Aqua-Foods (OAF) facility at South Beach, Yaquina Bay, and Anadromous, Inc., facility on North Spit, Coos Bay." (from the Introduction, p.2)},
	month = {September_1984},
	pages = {60 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Charleston, Or.},
	keywords = {Bales Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon=Oncorhynchus keta, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, Coos River estuary, Deer Creek, Feagles Creek, fishes, general, Grant Creek, hatchery salmonids, Hayes Creek, Lower Yaquina River, Mill Creek, natural resource management, Nestucca River estuary, Olalla Creek, Oregon Aqua-Foods, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, reproductive behavior, Salmon Creek, Spout Creek, statistical analysis, Thornton Creek, Tillamook estuary, Upper Yaquina River, Wildcat Creek, Wolf Creek, Wright Creek, Yaquina Bay},
	author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Research and Development Section, and McGie, Alan M.}
}
@article {31276,
	title = {Dissolved silicon in the Yaquina estuary, Oregon.},
	journal = {Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science},
	volume = {15},
	number = {5},
	year = {1982},
	month = {1982},
	pages = {p.561-568},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, chemical, estuarine dynamics, geographical distribution, hydrology, silicon, temporal distribution, vertical distribution, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Callaway, Richard J. and Specht, David T.}
}
@article {31366,
	title = {Straying by hatchery-reared coho salmon released in Yaquina Bay, Oregon},
	volume = {no.82-6},
	year = {1982},
	month = {October_1982},
	pages = {22 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {[Portland, Or.]},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, hatchery salmonids, Lower Yaquina River, Oregon Aqua-Foods, Upper Yaquina River, Yaquina Bay},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A18314},
	author = {Nicholas, J. W. and Van Dyke, Lisa and Buckman, Robert C. and Fish Division, Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife,}
}
@article {31121,
	title = {Lincoln County Rivers Navigability Study},
	year = {1981},
	note = { An 1859 law makes navigational waterways in Oregon the property of the State. The 1973 state legislature required the Division of State Lands to study state waterways with an emphasis on navigational waterways. "This report deals with those rivers in Lincoln County which had significant navigation:  the Alsea, Yaquina and Siletz" (from the Introduction). Color photographs, historical b/w photographs. Excellent source of historical information on use of rivers.},
	month = {March_1981},
	pages = {36 p.},
	institution = {[Oregon Division of State Lands]},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Big Elk Creek, Elk City, environmental policy and law, general, historical, hydrology, industrial development, recreational fisheries, Siletz River estuary, water rights, water use, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl\%3A14178},
	author = {Farnell, James E. and [Oregon] Division of State Lands,}
}
@article {31186,
	title = {Oregon Salmon and Steelhead Sport Catch Statistics 1970-1979},
	year = {1981},
	pages = {60 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Beaver Creek estuary, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chetco River estuary, Columbia River estuary, Coos River estuary, Coquille River estuary, general, Nestucca River estuary, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, recreational fisheries - salmon, Rogue River estuary, Salmon River Estuary, Siletz River estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, Sixes River estuary, steelhead=Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout=Salmo gairdneri), Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife,}
}
@book {30531,
	title = {Lords of Themselves:  a History of Eastern Lincoln County, Oregon},
	volume = {1},
	year = {1978},
	note = {Excellent photographs},
	month = {1978},
	pages = {292 p.},
	publisher = {Delcon Historical Publications.  Pioneer Printing},
	organization = {Delcon Historical Publications.  Pioneer Printing},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, Elk City, general, Grant Creek, Harlan, historical, Nashville, Nortons, Summit, Toledo, Upper Yaquina River, Yaquina River},
	author = {Hodges, M. Constance}
}
@article {30546,
	title = {Progress report on the native broodstock collections on the Yaquina, Siuslaw, and Coos Rivers},
	volume = {no.78-8},
	year = {1978},
	month = {Fall_1978},
	pages = {27 p.},
	keywords = {aquaculture, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coos River estuary, fishes, hatchery salmonids, hydrology, life history information, physiology, population biology, reproductive behavior, Siuslaw River estuary, Upper Yaquina River, wild salmonids, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201108101605213/},
	author = {Hooton, Robert M.},
	editor = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife,}
}
@article {30371,
	title = {A bibliography of estuarine research in Oregon: a geographic review of research conducted in Oregon{\textquoteright}s estuaries, their drainage basins and the coastal beaches, dunes and headlands},
	volume = {no.77-001},
	year = {1977},
	note = {Also called Oregon Estuarine Research Council Publication no.1},
	month = {April_1977},
	pages = {141 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Estuarine Research Council},
	keywords = {bibliography, Big Elk Creek, Boone Slough, coastal dunes, Depot Slough, Flesher Slough, general, King Slough, Little Elk Creek, McCaffery Slough, Mill Creek, Nute Slough, Olalla Slough, Pooles Slough, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River, Yaquina River Basin},
	author = {Morgan, John B. and Holton, Robert L.}
}
@article {30201,
	title = {Birds of Lincoln County, Oregon},
	year = {1977},
	note = {"Range Bayer, editor ; Sally Booth, illustrator ; prepared by Yaquina Birders." Gives directions to local birding areas, a checklist of Lincoln County birds, lists accidental and offshore species, and gives arrival and departure dates.},
	month = {1977},
	pages = {19 p.},
	institution = {Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program},
	address = {Newport, Or.},
	keywords = {abundance, Beaver Creek estuary, Big Elk Creek, biological, birds, Chitwood, community ecology, general ecosystem description, Idaho Flats, King Slough, Sally{\textquoteright}s Bend, South Jetty, species list, temporal distribution, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Head},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/gt54kn398},
	author = {Bayer, Range D. and Yaquina Birders}
}
@article {29486,
	title = {Diatom associations in Yaquina estuary, Oregon:  a multivariate analysis},
	journal = {Journal of Phycology},
	volume = {9},
	year = {1973},
	month = {1973},
	pages = {p.254-259},
	keywords = {aquatic vegetation, Big Elk Creek, biological, Blind Slough, Burpee, Butler Bridge, community ecology, diatoms, Elk City, geographical distribution, Oneatta Point, River Mile 9, South Beach Marina, species composition, statistical analysis, temporal distribution, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Bay Bridge, Yaquina River},
	author = {McIntire, C. David}
}
@article {29016,
	title = {An Appraisal of Potentials for Outdoor Recreational Developments in Lincoln County, Oregon},
	year = {1970},
	note = {"November, 1970."  Good overview, very good appendices. Inventory of natural, scenic and historic areas, lists streams, lakes, impoundments, potential impoundment sites, existing recreational areas, including a list of boat launches. B\&W photographs.},
	pages = {60 p.},
	keywords = {Bear Creek, Beaver Creek (Yaquina), Big Elk Creek, Coast Guard Station, Deer Creek, Depot Creek, Elk City, Feagles Creek, Grant Creek, Little Elk Creek, Mill Creek, Nortons, Olalla Creek, Pioneer Quarry, recreational fisheries, Simpson Creek, tourism, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Oregon,}
}
@article {28736,
	title = {Ecological-Physiological Investigations of Littoral Diatom Communities of the Yaquina River Estuary, Oregon},
	year = {1969},
	month = {August_1969},
	pages = {61 p.},
	institution = {Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {aquatic vegetation, Big Elk Creek, biological, Blind Slough, Burpee, Butler Bridge, community ecology, diatoms, ecosystem modeling, Elk City, general ecosystem description, Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center, physiology, River Mile 9, South Beach Marina, The Bend, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Bay Bridge, Yaquina River},
	author = {McIntire, C. David and Wulff, Barry L.}
}
@article {28186,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1964},
	note = {Numerous statistics, from creel censuses, to spawning ground surveys,  to catch-and-effort statistics.  },
	pages = {p.236-246},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Five Rivers, hatcheries, introduced species, Lobster Creek, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, Salmon River, salmonid species, Schooner Creek, Siletz River, South Fork Alsea River, Starry flounder = Platichthys stellatus, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/8c97kv710},
	author = {Rousseau, Rollie F.}
}
@article {28141,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1963},
	note = {Numerous statistics, from creel censuses, to spawning censuses, to catch-and-effort statistics. },
	pages = {p.301-318},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Five Rivers, hatcheries, introduced species, Lobster Creek, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, Salmon River, salmonid species, Schooner Creek, Siletz River, South Fork Alsea River, Starry flounder = Platichthys stellatus, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/2514nq850},
	author = {Rousseau, Rollie F.}
}
@article {28096,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1962},
	note = {Numerous statistics, from creel censuses to catch-and-effort statistics. "Salmon fishing in streams of the district was good to excellent. A large run of silver salmon which entered the rivers during a freshet in early October permitted anglers an oppertunity to take bright fish in popular upstream fishing areas." (p.304)},
	pages = {p.301-316},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Five Rivers, hatcheries, introduced species, Lobster Creek, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, Salmon River, salmonid species, Schooner Creek, Siletz River, South Fork Alsea River, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/pn89dc32p},
	author = {Rousseau, Rollie F. and Herrig, Richard G.}
}
@article {28041,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1961},
	note = {Numerous tables with catch statistics, creel censuses and catch-and-effort statistics. Includes table of pollution and stream barriers (logjams). Includes amusing account of attempts to study the diets of harbor seals in Alsea Bay (p.270-271)},
	pages = {p.258-272},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Five Rivers, Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina, hatcheries, introduced species, Lobster Creek, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, Salmon River, salmonid species, Schooner Creek, Siletz River, South Fork Alsea River, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/fq978015s},
	author = {Herrig, Richard G.}
}
@article {28051,
	title = {Toxicity of endrin to some Pacific Northwest fishes},
	journal = {American Fisheries Society Transactions},
	volume = {90},
	number = {4},
	year = {1961},
	month = {October_1961},
	pages = {p.394-403},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, bioassay, biological, chemical, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, developmental stages, endrin, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, pesticides, physiology, reproductive behavior, steelhead=Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout=Salmo gairdneri), threespine stickleback=Gasterosteus aculeatus, toxicity, water temperature data, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Katz, Max and Chadwick, George}
}
@article {28001,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1959},
	note = {This chapter contains numerous statistics, from creel censuses, to spawning censuses, to catch-and-effort statistics.  Siuslaw River is included in the Lincoln District 1959 and earlier. With 1960, the Siuslaw River Area got its own chapter. In 1959 and earlier, Salmon River data is in the Tillamook District; after 1959, the Salmon River is in the Lincoln District. },
	pages = {p.243-254},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Five Rivers, hatcheries, introduced species, Lobster Creek, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, salmonid species, Schooner Creek, Siletz River, Siuslaw River, South Fork Alsea River, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/0r967823f},
	author = {Herrig, Richard}
}
@article {27971,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1958},
	note = {Numerous statistics, from creel censuses to spawning counts to catch-and-effort statistics. Includes data from Siltcoos and Tahkenitch Lakes.  "The prevention of pollution of Yaquina River and Bay by a pulp mill was achieved only after considerable effort by the Sanitary Authority and Fish and Game Commissions. The company was ordered to live up to its agreement to transport wastes to the Pacific Ocean. The aquatic resources of Yaquina Bay were saved, at least for the time being." (p.242)},
	pages = {p.228-244},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Five Rivers, hatcheries, introduced species, Lobster Creek, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, salmonid species, Siletz River, Siltcoos Lake, Siuslaw River, South Fork Alsea River, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Tahkenitch Lake, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/12579x43k },
	author = {Phillips, Robert W.}
}
@article {27941,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1957},
	note = {Numerous statistics, from creel censuses to spawning counts to catch-and-effort statistics. Includes data from Siltcoos and Tahkenitch Lakes.  Table 191 (p.224) gives pollution and barriers to streams in the District in 1957.},
	pages = {p.211-224},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Fall Creek, Five Rivers, hatcheries, human impacts, introduced species, Lobster Creek, logging, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, salmonid species, Schooner Creek, Siletz River, Siuslaw River, South Fork Alsea River, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, water pollution, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/05741x26h},
	author = {Phillips, Robert W.}
}
@article {27896,
	title = {Lincoln District},
	journal = {Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division.  Annual Report - Fishery Division},
	year = {1956},
	note = {Extensive statistics, including creel census data for Alsea, Siletz and Siuslaw rivers. Summer fishing on Yaquina Bay is analyzed. Includes a list of stream barriers and pollution incidents addressed during the year.},
	pages = {p.214-225},
	keywords = {Alsea River, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coho salmon =  Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Drift Creek, Five Rivers, hatcheries, Lobster Creek, North Fork Alsea River, population count, recreational fisheries, salmonid species, Schooner Creek, Siletz River, Siltcoos Lake, Siuslaw River, South Fork Alsea River, steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss, Tahkenitch Lake, Yachats River, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/th83m3608},
	author = {Gerlach, Arthur}
}
@article {27651,
	title = {Biennial Report of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Fifth Legislative Assembly, 1949},
	year = {1949},
	note = {Statewide hatchery information. Arrests for commercial fishing violations by county. Not all issues mention Yaquina Bay, years 1921, 1923, 1925, and 1935 are not included.},
	month = {[1949]},
	pages = {36 p.},
	institution = {Fish Commission of the State of Oregon},
	keywords = {aquatic invertebrates, Big Elk Creek, bivalves, commercial fisheries - salmon, crustaceans, decapods, depleted populations, economics, general, hatchery salmonids, molluscs, natural resource management, recreational fisheries - shellfish, shellfish, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Hatchery, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/z890rz949}
}
@article {27611,
	title = {Biennial Report of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Fourth Legislative Assembly, 1947},
	year = {1947},
	note = {Statewide hatchery information. Arrests for commercial fishing violations by county . Not all issues mention Yaquina Bay, years 1921, 1923, 1925, and 1935 are not included.},
	month = {[1947]},
	pages = {35 p.},
	institution = {Fish Commission of the State of Oregon},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, commercial fisheries - salmon, depleted populations, economics, general, hatchery salmonids, hydrology, natural resource management, recreational fisheries - shellfish, shellfish, Simpson Creek, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Hatchery, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/qr46r501k}
}
@article {27456,
	title = {Report on "Yaquina River":  Investigation Sponsored by Oregon State Fish Commission, July, 1936},
	year = {1936},
	note = {Report on potential hatchery sites. Good descriptions of tributaries. Hand-drawn maps.},
	month = {29 July 1936},
	pages = {22 p.},
	institution = {Oregon State Fish Commission},
	keywords = {aquaculture, Big Elk Creek, depleted populations, Feagles Creek, Grant Creek, hatchery salmonids, hydrology, land ownership, Little Elk Creek, Lower Yaquina River, Mill Creek, Pacific salmonids=Oncorhynchus species, physical, Simpson Creek, Spout Creek, Thornton Creek, Upper Yaquina River, Wolf Creek},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/z890rt67k},
	author = {Ledgerwood, Edgar and Reynolds, John}
}
@article {27261,
	title = {Biennial Report of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assemby Regular Session},
	year = {1913},
	note = { Several hatchery photos, including the Yaquina Hatchery. In Google Books.},
	institution = {State of Oregon},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries - salmon, eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica, hatchery salmonids, Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/2p84pub5},
	author = {Clanton, R. E. and Oregon. Fish Commission}
}
@article {27246,
	title = {Biennial report of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assemby Regular Session},
	year = {1911},
	institution = {State of Oregon},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {American lobster=Homarus americanus, Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries - salmon, hatchery salmonids, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/5n7575sy},
	author = {McAllister, H. C. and Clanton, R. E. and Oregon. Fish Commission}
}
@article {27236,
	title = {Annual Reports of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Legislative Assemby Twenty-Fifth Regular Session},
	year = {1909},
	institution = {State of Oregon},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries - salmon, eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica, hatchery salmonids, Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fisheries,}
}
@article {27221,
	title = {Annual Reports of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon  to the Legislative Assembly Twenty-Fourth Regular Session},
	year = {1907},
	month = {1907},
	institution = {State of Oregon},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries - salmon, hatchery salmonids, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Van Dusen, H.G. and Oregon. Dept. of Fisheries,}
}
@article {27211,
	title = {Annual Reports of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon for the Years 1903 and 1904 to the Twenty-Third Legislative Assemby [Regular Session]},
	year = {1905},
	month = {1905},
	institution = {State of Oregon},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries - salmon, hatchery salmonids, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fisheries,}
}
@book {27206,
	title = {The Settler{\textquoteright}s Handbook to Oregon},
	year = {1904},
	month = {1904},
	pages = {190 p.},
	publisher = {J.K. Gill Co.},
	organization = {J.K. Gill Co.},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, commercial fisheries - salmon, eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica, general, historical, shellfish, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/3ct8df64},
	author = {Nash, Wallis}
}
@article {27201,
	title = {Annual Reports of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Legislative Assemby, Twenty-Second Regular Session},
	year = {1903},
	month = {1903},
	institution = {State of Oregon},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, biological, commercial fisheries - salmon, hatchery salmonids},
	author = {Van Dusen, H.G.}
}
@article {27141,
	title = {Preliminary Examination of Yaquina and Big Elk Rivers, Oregon},
	volume = {55th Congress, 2nd Session. House Document no.112},
	year = {1897},
	note = {Includes a brief report of a survey of the Yaquina River to the head of tide, including part of the Big Elk River up to Sunset Quarry. Concludes that the river is "sufficiently navigable to meet all demands of commerce," (p.2) and does not recommend any improvements. Accompanied by: 1 map. December 8, 1897.},
	pages = {3 p.},
	institution = {Government Printing Office},
	address = {Washington, D.C.},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, general ecosystem description, Lower Yaquina River, physical, Upper Yaquina River, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/d791sg65n},
	author = {U.S. Congress. House,}
}
@article {36661,
	title = {Fifth and Sixth Annual Reports to the Governor, 1891-1892},
	year = {1893},
	note = {"Umpqua river. -One cannery in operation; pack, about 12,000 cases; used fresh, 20,000 pounds. There are 50 men engaged in fishing, the cannery taking all the fish except those used fresh. Siuslaw river .-Two canneries were operated this season, packing about 18,000 cases. About 350 barrels will be salted, and 10,000 pounds used fresh. There are 60 men engaged in fishing, some of them going from the Columbia river after the season closed.Alsea bay.-One cannery in operation this season, packing 3,600 cases; there will be about 100 barrels salted. Yaquina river. -No cannery in operation this year. There are 52 men engaged in fishing, including 12 oystermen. Of the salmon caught there will be about 600 barrels salted, and about 125,000 pounds shipped fresh. The oyster fisheries are not improving to any great extent, the amount for the past year being 1,217 sacks, containing two bushels each. The greater portion of these were shipped to San Francisco. On the Siletz, Salmon, and Nestucca rivers no fishing was done except for home consumption. The catch of the streams combined may reach 50,000 pounds." (6th report, 1892, p.33-34)  In addition to the Annual Reports, gives the fish laws and game laws of Oregon.},
	pages = {44 p.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Columbia River estuary, commercial fisheries, Coos River estuary, Coquille River estuary, economics, environmental policy and law, general, hatchery salmonids, methodology, natural resource management, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw River estuary, Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/qv33rx511},
	author = {Oregon. State Board of Fish Commissioners,}
}
@article {22771,
	title = {Third and Fourth Annual Reports to the Governor, 1889-1890},
	year = {1891},
	note = {Covers Dec.1, 1888 - November 30, 1890. 3rd report (1889) p.1-17. 4th report (1890) p.18-57. Both reports cover legal aspects of state fisheries management, financial reporting, hatcheries and fisheries statistics. The 4th report (1890) has a section covering General Fishing Laws of Oregon: Relating to Oysters; Killing Fish with Explosives; and Protection of Red Fish; as well as a section on the Game Laws of Oregon, and a listing of U.S. and Canadian fish commissioners. "We also had complaints from Benton county in regard to parties setting nets and traps across the streams, but being very busy at the time we did not go in person, but wrote to the parties making complaint that there was no law to prevent persons from setting nets or traps across any stream in this State." (p.8)},
	pages = {55 p.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Columbia River estuary, commercial fisheries, Coos River estuary, Coquille River estuary, economics, environmental policy and law, general, hatchery salmonids, methodology, natural resource management, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/xd07gt61t},
	author = {Oregon. State Board of Fish Commissioners,}
}
@article {83157,
	title = {Annual Reports of the State Board of Fish Commissioners to the Governor of Oregon : 1888 : [First Annual Report]},
	year = {1888},
	note = { Includes early efforts at building a hatchery, a review of fisheries legislation, fisheries statistics, and official correspondence.},
	pages = {12 p.},
	address = {Salem, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Big Elk Creek, catch statistics, Columbia River estuary, commercial fisheries, Coos River estuary, Coquille River estuary, economics, environmental policy and law, general, hatchery salmonids, methodology, natural resource management, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/z316q251m},
	author = {Oregon. State Board of Fish Commissioners,}
}
@book {27046,
	title = {Two years in Oregon},
	year = {1882},
	note = {Yaquina Bay lithograph as frontespiece},
	month = {1882},
	pages = {311 p.},
	publisher = {D. Appleton and Company},
	organization = {D. Appleton and Company},
	address = {New York, NY},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, general, historical, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/t435gf537},
	author = {Nash, Wallis}
}
@book {27031,
	title = {Oregon: There and Back in 1877},
	year = {1878},
	note = {Lithographs},
	month = {1878},
	publisher = {MacMillan and Co.},
	organization = {MacMillan and Co.},
	address = {London},
	keywords = {Big Elk Creek, general, historical, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/3b591b098},
	author = {Nash, Wallis}
}
