Effects of silt and very fine sand dynamics in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) redds on embryo hatching success

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1450-1459

  Levasseur, Mylène ^a   Bergeron, Normand E ^a   Lapointe, Michel F ^b   Bérubé, Francis ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; INFILTRATION; SALMONID; SAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINTE-MARGUERITE RIVER;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33646070097     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-050     Document Type: Article

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