Predicting the thermal effects of dam removal on the Klamath river

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 856-874

  Bartholow, John M ^a   Campbell, Sharon G ^a   Flug, Marshall ^a  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromous fish; Dam removal; Klamath River; Phase shift; Recovery distance; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RIVERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER QUALITY;

ANADROMOUS SALMONIDS; HYDROMETEOROLGICAL EFFECTS; KLAMATH RIVERS; WATER QUALITY MODEL;

DAMS;

LAKE WATER;

DAM REMOVAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RECOVERY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HYPOTHESIS; LAKE; METEOROLOGY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PREDICTION; REARING; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SPAWNING; SPECIES HABITAT; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; SURVIVAL; WARMING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; OREGON; REPRODUCTION; SALMON; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

KLAMATH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 14944370899     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0269-5     Document Type: Article

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