Displacement, velocity preference, and substrate use of three native California stream fishes in simulated pulsed flows

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Chun, Stephanie N ^a   Cocherell, Sarah A ^b   Cocherell, Dennis E ^b   Miranda, Javier B ^b,d   Jones, Gardner J ^b,d   Graham, Justin ^c   Klimley, A Peter ^b   Thompson, Lisa C ^b   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^b  

^a Department of Water Resources ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hardhead Mylopharodon conocephalus; Longitudinal displacement; Pulsed flows; Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss; Sacramento sucker Catostomus occidentalis

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FLUME EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; STREAMWATER; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS OCCIDENTALIS; MYLOPHARODON CONOCEPHALUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES;

EID: 78649995371     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9716-8     Document Type: Article

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