Assessing the potential for salmon recovery via floodplain restoration: A multitrophic level comparison of dredge-mined to reference segments

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 734-750

  Bellmore, J Ryan ^a,b   Baxter, Colden V ^a   Ray, Andrew M ^c   Denny, Lytle ^d   Tardy, Kurt ^d   Galloway, Evelyn ^d  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Shoshone Bannock Tribes   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Chinook salmon; Ecosystem ecology; Floodplains; Habitat restoration; Steelhead

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; CHINOOK SALMON; FLOOD-PLAINS; HABITAT RESTORATION; STEELHEAD;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FISH; FISHERIES; PRODUCTIVITY; RECOVERY; RESTORATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT RESTORATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID;

ANIMAL FOOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINING; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION RECOVERY; SALMON; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER;

IDAHO; SALMON RIVER [IDAHO]; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; IDAHO; INVERTEBRATES; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SALMON;

EID: 84863589834     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9813-x     Document Type: Article

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