Effects of natural-channel-design restoration on habitat quality in Catskill Mountain streams, New York

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 468-482

  Ernst, Anne G ^a   Baldigo, Barry P ^a   Mulvihill, Christiane I ^a   Vian, Mark ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; SALMONID; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM BED; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79955139934     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-153.1     Document Type: Article

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