Prediction of fisheries physical habitat values based on hydraulic geometry and frequency distributions of depth and velocity

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-41

  Saraeva, Ekaterina ^a   Hardy, Thomas B ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish habitat; Hydraulic geometry; Instream flows; Velocity and depth frequency distributions

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INSTREAM FLOW; PREDICTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649497255     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2009.9635368     Document Type: Article

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