Development and evaluation of a stream channel classification for estimating fish responses to Changing streamflow

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1123-1137

  Peterson, James T ^a   Jackson, C Rhett ^a   Shea, Colin P ^a   Li, Guoyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIURNAL VARIATION; FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION MODELING; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEASONALITY; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER USE;

FLINT BASIN; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955109707     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-146.1     Document Type: Article

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