Large-scale spatial variability of riverbed temperature gradients in Snake River fall Chinook salmon spawning areas

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-341

  Hanrahan, Timothy P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyporheic; Riverbed; Salmon; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RIVER BED; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 33947538236     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.982     Document Type: Article

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