Comparison of adult steelhead migrations in the mid-Columbia hydrosystem and in large naturally flowing British Columbia Rivers

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 739-754

  English, K K ^a   Robichaud, D ^a   Sliwinski, C ^a   Alexander, R F ^a   Koski, W R ^a   Nelson, T C ^a   Nass, B L ^a   Bickford, S A ^b   Hammond, S ^b   Mosey, T R ^b  

^a LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^b Public Utility District No 1 of Douglas County ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPOUNDMENT; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND;

BELLA COOLA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NASS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SKEENA RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 33845616730     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-043.1     Document Type: Article

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