About the Authors

Nathaniel L. Scholz

Nathaniel.Scholz@noaa.gov

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mark S. Myers

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sarah G. McCarthy

Affiliation Department of Natural Resources and Parks, King County, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jana S. Labenia

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jenifer K. McIntyre

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Gina M. Ylitalo

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Linda D. Rhodes

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Cathy A. Laetz

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Carla M. Stehr

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Barbara L. French

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Bill McMillan

Affiliation Wild Fish Conservancy, Duvall, Washington, United States of America

Dean Wilson

Affiliation Department of Natural Resources and Parks, King County, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Laura Reed

Affiliation Seattle Public Utilities, City of Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Katherine D. Lynch

Affiliation Seattle Public Utilities, City of Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Steve Damm

Affiliation Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lacey, Washington, United States of America

Jay W. Davis

Affiliation Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lacey, Washington, United States of America

Tracy K. Collier

Affiliation Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLS MSM GMY LDR BM DW LR KDL JWD TKC. Performed the experiments: NLS MSM SGM JSL JKM LDR CAL CMS BLF BM DW LR SD JWD. Analyzed the data: NLS MSM SGM JSL GMY LDR CAL BLF BM DW LR KDL JWD TKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BM DW LR KDL SD JWD. Wrote the paper: NLS MSM JSL JKM GMY LDR CAL CMS BLF TKC. Led salmon spawner survey operations, including field team coordination and sample collection: SGM JSL JKM CAL CMS BLF SD. Interagency principal investigators: NLS MSM GMY LDR BM DW KDL JWD TKC.