Can individual steelhead be identified to
Yakima Basin
population of origin from mixed collections
at Prosser Dam?
Individual assignment
method
• Jack-knife assignment of all Yakima River
steelhead present
in
reference baseline
• Assignment precision is assessed by observing
the correct and
incorrect assignments back to population of origin
• Type-1 error: individuals not assigned to
population of origin
• Type-2 error: individuals falsely assigned to
a population