Simulating effects of hydro-dam alteration on thermal regime and wild steelhead recruitment in a stable-flow Lake Michigan tributary

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-203

  Horne, Brad D ^a   Rutherford, Edward S ^a   Wehrly, Kevin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam removal; Great Lakes; Groundwater; Hypolimnetic withdrawal; Recruitment; River restoration; Steelhead; Temperature modelling

Indexed keywords

DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RECRUITMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 14944385756     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.746     Document Type: Article

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