Geomorphic controls, riffle substrate quality, and spawning site selection in two semi-alluvial salmon rivers in the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 577-590

  Coulombe Pontbriand, Moise ^a   Lapointe, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Fine sediment; Fish habitat; Fluvial geomorphology; Gravel bed river; Redd; Spawning; Substrate quality

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 3543122489     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.768     Document Type: Article

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