Estimation of forest harvesting-induced stream temperature changes and bioenergetic consequences for cutthroat trout in a coastal stream in British Columbia, Canada

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-441

  Leach, J A ^a   Moore, R D ^a   Hinch, S G ^a   Gomi, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Bioenergetics modelling; Cutthroat trout; Forest harvesting; Paired catchment study; Stream temperature

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOENERGY; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALMONID; STREAM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII CLARKII; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84863085146     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0238-z     Document Type: Article

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