Table 10. Residence times (weeks) of juvenile chum salmon and other salmon species in Washington State estuaries. Maximum individual residence in days is indicated in parentheses. Average residence time per estuary for chum salmon is 10 weeks; average individual residence time is 24.5 days (from Simenstad et al. 1982).
| Estuary | Chum | Pink | Coho | Chinook | Reference |
| N. Puget Sound | |||||
| nearshore | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | Miller et al. 1978 |
| Bellingham Bay | |||||
| offshore | 11+ | --- | 11+ | 11+ | Tyler 1964 |
| offshore | 7+ | --- | 7 | 6+(»20) | Sjolseth 1969 |
| nearshore | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | Miller et al. 1978 |
| Fresh 1979 | |||||
| Skagit Bay/Port | |||||
| Kiket Island | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15(50) | Stober et al. 1973 |
| saltmarsh | 14+(4) | 16+(6) | Congleton et al. 1982 | ||
| Elliott Bay | |||||
| lower Duwamish | 9 | --- | 5 | 8(42) | Bostik 1955 |
| estuary | --- | --- | --- | 8 | Salo 1969 |
| lower Duwamish | 12 | --- | 14+ | 16+ | Meyer et al. 1981b |
| Commencement Bay | |||||
| estuary | 8 | 16+ | 9 | 9+ | Puyallup Indians unpubl. (cited in Simenstad et al. 1982) |
| Hylebos Waterway | 9 | --- | --- | 8+ | Meyer et al. 1981a |
| Nisqually Reach | 17+ | 12 | 15, | 11+ | Fresh et al. 1979 |
| Hood Canal | 23(32) | 18 | 15(6) | 13 | Salo et al. 1980 |
| Strait of Juan de Fuca | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16+ | Simenstad et al. 1982 |
| Quillayute River | 5, (32) | --- | --- | 18+ | |
| Grays Harbor | 10 | --- | --- | Wendler et al. 1954 | |
| Grays Harbor | 10+,(»30) | --- | 12 | 29+(»189) | Simenstad and Eggers 1981 |