Trout population responses to restoration of stream flows

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-146

  Covington, J Scott ^a   Hubert, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; River restoration; Spatial variability; Stream flow; Stream habitat; Trout

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

WATER DIVERSIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FISH; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOW KINETICS; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; TROUT; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROUT; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0042156943     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2751-2     Document Type: Review

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