Riverine salmonid egg burial depths: Review of published data and implications for scour studies

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1685-1698

  DeVries, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DEPTH; EGG BURIAL; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SALMON; SCOUR; STREAM BED;

EID: 0031444359     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-090     Document Type: Review

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