Linkages between white sturgeon recruitment and altered bed substrates in the Nechako River, Canada

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1448-1456

  McAdam, Steven O ^a   Walters, Carl J ^b   Nistor, Craig ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST HYDRAULIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FECUNDITY; FISH; FLOW REGULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NECHAKO RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 33746866393     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-199.1     Document Type: Article

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