Review of experimental design principles for projects to restore salmon populations in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska

Executive Summary,/ Abstract ........................................................................................... 3 Structure of this paper..................................................................................................... 5 I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 8 Some reasons for failures of past attempts at salmon restoration................................... 9 Experimental design and adaptive management........................................................... 12 II. Overview of Principles of Good Experimental Design................................................ 13 A. Description of the principlesof good experimental design ..................................... 14 1. Clearly stated objective or hypothesis .................................................................. 14 2. Scope of project (site, context,spatial and temporal scale).................................. 15 3. Use of treatments and controls, or contrasting treatments.................................... 16