Predicting benefits of spawning-habitat rehabilitation to salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.) fry production in a regulated California river

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1433-1446

  Merz, Joseph E ^a   Setka, Jose D ^b   Pasternack, Gregory B ^a   Wheaton, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b E Bay Munic Utility Dist Fish W   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; GROWTH; SALMONID; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 11444261728     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-077     Document Type: Article

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