The 'egg sandwich': A method for linking spatially resolved salmonid hatching rates with habitat variables in stream ecosystems

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 683-690

  Pander, J ^a   Schnell, J ^a   Sternecker, K ^a   Geist, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egg box; Interstitial zone; Salmonid conservation; Sediment; Spawning site; Stream ecosystem health

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SALMONID; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SALMONIDAE;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 59349109647     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02145.x     Document Type: Article

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