Substrate requirements of spawning Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are dependent on local channel hydraulics

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-468

  Moir, H J ^a   Pasternack, G B ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Elastic habitat preference; Hydraulics; Micro habitat; Sediments; Spawning

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; SALMONID; SPAWNING; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 77951462583     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1292     Document Type: Article

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