Impact assessment model for clear water fishes exposed to excessively cloudy water

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 529-544

  Newcombe, Charles P ^a  

^a Min of Water Land/Air Protection   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic biology; Fish reactive distance; Light attenuation; Secchi disk depth; Suspended sediment; Turbidity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; SEDIMENTS; VISION;

VISUAL CLARITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; LIGHT ATTENUATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0042861717     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb03674.x     Document Type: Article

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