Spatial and temporal distribution of coho salmon carcasses in a stream in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 539, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-166

  Minakawa, Noboru ^a,b   Gara, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcass; Coho salmon; Distribution; Large woody debris; Stream

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MICROORGANISMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW;

CARCASSES; COHO SALMON; LARGE WOODY DEBRIS (LWD); SPAWNING SEASON;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 20144362245     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-3367-8     Document Type: Article

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