Linking landscapes and habitat suitability scores for diadromous fish restoration in the susquehanna river basin

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 906-918

  Kocovsky, Patrick M ^a   Ross, Robert M ^a   Dropkin, David S ^a   Campbell, John M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CARBONATE ROCK; CLUPEOID; DAM REMOVAL; DIADROMY; EEL; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BASIN;

NORTH AMERICA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; CLUPEIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 51249120088     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-120.1     Document Type: Article

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