Stream habitat hydraulics: Interannual variability in three reaches of Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 485-494

  Giberson, Donna J ^a   Caissie, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

CANADA; CATAMARAN BROOK; NEW BRUNSWICK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031866617     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-247     Document Type: Article

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