An experimental assessment of the effectiveness of gravel cleaning operations in improving hyporheic water quality in potential salmonid spawning areas

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-131

  Meyer, E I ^a   Niepagenkemper, O ^b   Molls, F ^c   Spanhoff B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Fischereiveband Westfalen und Lippe eV   (Germany)

^c Amt fur Agrarordnung Siegburg ^*  (Germany)

^d Saxon State Agency for Environment and Geology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Dissolved oxygen; Fine sediment; Gravel cleaning; Hyporheic zone; Sediment accumulation; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYPORHEIC ZONE; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMO TRUTTA TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 41449091882     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1051     Document Type: Article

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