Stream acidification and mortality of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in response to timber harvest in Catskill Mountain watersheds, New York, USA

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1168-1183

  Baldigo, Barry P ^a   Murdoch, Peter S ^a   Burns, Douglas A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; MORTALITY; SALMONID; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 24644433407     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-022     Document Type: Article

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