Fish use of artificial dike structures in a navigable river

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1170-1186

  Hartman, Kyle J ^a   Titus, Jennifer L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial habitat; Centrarchid; Dike; Habitat enhancement; Large river; Velocity

Indexed keywords

DIKE; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; NAVIGATION CHANNEL; PERCIFORM; RIVER FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS; MICROPTERUS; PISCES;

EID: 78149268215     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1329     Document Type: Article

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