Restoring fish habitat as an alternative to stocking in a river with strongly reduced flow

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-26

  Fjellheim, Arne ^a   Barlaup, Bjørn T ^a   Gabrielsen, Sven E ^a   Raddum, Gunnar G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Brown trout; Carrying capacity; Habitat reduction; Natural recruitment; River restoration; Weir basins

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

NORWAY;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0037803495     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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