Effects of riparian forest thinning by two types of mechanical harvest on stream fish and habitat in northern Minnesota

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-256

  Hemstad, Nathaniel A ^a,b   Merten, Eric C ^a   Newman, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Inver Hills Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; SEDIMENTS;

FISH COMMUNITIES; STREAM FISH;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FOREST COVER; HABITAT QUALITY; HARVESTING; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM; THINNING;

FISHES; FORESTRY; SEDIMENTS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749145779     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-157     Document Type: Article

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