British Columbia lake enrichment programme: Two decades of habitat enhancement for sockeye salmon

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 547-561

  Stockner, John G ^a   Macisaac, Erland A ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Fish habitat; Lake fertilization; Nutrients; Oligotrophication; Oncorhynchus nerka; Plankton; Sockeye salmon

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION; HABITAT ENHANCEMENT; LAKE FERTILIZATION; LAKE PRODUCTIVITY; NUTRIENT ADDITION; SOCKEYE SALMON;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030438736     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199607)12:4/5<547::aid-rrr407>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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