Channel morphology and lateral stability: Effects on distribution of spawning and rearing habitat for Atlantic salmon in a wandering cobble-bed river

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2627-2636

  Payne, Brigid A ^a   Lapointe, Michel F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL-BED RIVER; SPAWNING HABITAT;

CANADA; NOUVELLE RIVER; QUEBEC;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0031427677     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-171     Document Type: Article

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