Thermal habitat assessment of alternative flow scenarios in a tailwater fishery

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 581-593

  Krause, Colin W ^a   Newcomb, Tammy J ^b   Orth, Donald J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

ADYN RQUAL; Brown trout; Flow regime; Growth; Tailwater; Temperature modelling; Thermal habitat

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; SALMONID FISHERY; THERMAL REGIME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 22744432199     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.829     Document Type: Article

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