Created and restored marshes in the Lower Fraser River, British Columbia: Summary of their functioning as fish habitat

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 599-618

  Levings, C D ^a,b   Nishimura, D J H ^a  

^a Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fraser River; Invertebrates; Juvenile salmon; Marsh; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CAREX LYNGBYEI; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; JUNCUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENTS;

FISH HABITAT; MARSH; VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

EID: 0031348263     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1997.035     Document Type: Article

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