Linking channel geomorphic characteristics to spatial patterns of spawning activity and discharge use by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Geomorphology

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 21-35

  Moir, H J ^a   Gibbins, C N ^a   Soulsby, C ^a   Webb, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Atlantic Salmon Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Channel morphology; Discharge; Spawning

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING GROUND; STREAMWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942530579     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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