Effects of stream channel morphology on golden trout spawning habitat and recruitment

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1104-1117

  Knapp, Roland A ^a,b   Vredenburg, Vance T ^c,d   Matthews, Kathleen R ^c  

^a Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Golden trout; Livestock grazing; Recruitment; Reproduction; Salmonids; Sierra Nevada; Spawning habitat; Stream alteration; Stream morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031735856     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1104:EOSCMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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