Function and dynamics of woody debris in stream reaches in the central Sierra Nevada, California

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1807-1820

  Berg, Neil ^a   Carlson, Ann ^b   Azuma, David ^c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; STREAMFLOW; WOODY DEBRIS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0031789748     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-064     Document Type: Article

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