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NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC TM-35: Chinook Status Review

Table 4. How the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's genetic diversity units (GDUs) and major ancestral lineages (MALs) correspond to ESUs (Marshall et al. 1995).

MAL/GDU ESU
I. Upper Columbia and Snake Spring Chinook MAL
1. Snake River Spring GDU 15
2. Upper Columbia River Spring GDU 13
3. Yakima River Spring GDU 11
II. Upper Columbia Summer + Fall, Snake Fall, and Mid & Lower Columbia Chinook MAL
4. Upper Columbia River Summer GDU 12
5. Upper Columbia River Fall GDU 12
6. Mid-Columbia and Snake River Fall GDU 12,14
7. Mid- & Lower Columbia River Spring GDU 9,11
8. Mid-Columbia River "Tule" Fall GDU 9
9. Lower Columbia River "Bright" Fall GDU 9
10. Lower Columbia River "Tule" Fall GDU 9
III. Coastal and Strait of Juan de Fuca Chinook MAL
11. South Coast Fall GDU 7
12. Chehalis River Spring GDU 7
13. North Coast Fall GDU 7
14. North Coast Spring GDU 7
15. Western Strait GDU 7
16. Eastern Strait GDU 8
IV. Puget Sound Chinook MAL
17. South Puget Sound, Hood Canal, & Snohomish River Summer + Fall GDU 8
18. South Puget Sound Spring GDU 8
19. Stillaguamish & Skagit GDU 8
20. South Fork Nooksack Spring GDU 8
21. North Fork Nooksack Spring GDU 8

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