Response of fish populations to natural channel design restoration in streams of the Catskill Mountains, New York

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 954-969

  Baldigo, Barry P ^a   Warren, Dana R ^b   Ernst, Anne G ^a   Mulvihill, Christiane I ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GEOMORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER QUALITY;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COTTIDAE; COTTUS COGNATUS; RHINICHTHYS ATRATULUS; RHINICHTHYS CATARACTAE; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 51249111524     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-213.1     Document Type: Article

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