Impacts of acid mine drainage on juvenile salmonids in an estuary near Britannia Beach in Howe Sound, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2032-2043

  Barry, K L ^a   Grout, J A ^a   Levings, C D ^a   Nidle, B H ^a   Piercey, G E ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HOWE SOUND;

ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 0034489561     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-157     Document Type: Article

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