Habitat conservation and creation: Invoking the flood-pulse concept to enhance fisheries in the lower Mississippi River

Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-62

  Schramm H L , Jr ^a   Eggleton, M A ^a   Mayo, R M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood pulse concept; Floodplain management; Floodplains; River fisheries; River management; Temperate rivers

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CREATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034520887     PISSN: 00323764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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