Impacts of logging in Carnation Creek, a high-energy coastal stream in British Columbia, and their implication for restoring fish habitat

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 237-251

  Hartman, G F ^a   Scrivener, J C ^b   Miles, M J ^c  

^a Fisheries Research and Education Services   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c M Miles and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH HABITAT; LOGGING; RESTORATION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CARNATION CREEK;

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0029910062     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-53-s1-237     Document Type: Article

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