Sediment dispersion in salmon spawning streams: The influence of floods and salmon redd construction

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1071-1086

  Gottesfeld, Allen S ^a   Hassan, Marwan A ^b   Tunnicliffe, Jon F ^b   Poirier, Ron W ^c  

^a Gitxsan Wet'suwet'en Watershed A   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed load transport; Bioturbation; Erosion; Forest hydrology; Sedimentation; Sockeye salmon; Tracer studies; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; STREAM FLOW; TRACE ANALYSIS;

SALMON; SEDIMENT DISPERSION; SNOWMELT FLOOD EVENTS; VERTICAL MIXING;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDLOAD; DISPERSION; RIVER CHANNEL; SALMONID; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SPAWNING GROUND;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 4544267498     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01068.x     Document Type: Article

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