A review of factors influencing the availability of dissolved oxygen to incubating salmonid embryos

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-334

  Greig, S M ^a,b   Sear, D A ^a   Carling, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Hyporheic; Respiration; Salmonid survival

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRAVEL RIVERBEDS; HABITAT QUALITY; OXYGENATED WATER; SALMONID EMBRYOS; SALMONID SURVIVAL;

RIVERS;

FLOW OF WATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INCUBATION; POREWATER; RIVER BED; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33846689323     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6188     Document Type: Review

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