A theoretical study of river fragmentation by dams and its effects on white sturgeon populations

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-361

  Jager, Henriette I ^a   Chandler, James A ^b   Lepla, Kenneth B ^b   Van Winkle, Webb ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IDAHO POWER COMPANY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser transmontanus; Genetic diversity; Impoundment; Individual based metapopulation model; Large river; Migration; Population viability analysis; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

DAM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0035048931     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011036127663     Document Type: Article

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