Assessing the impacts of river regulation on native bull trout (salvelinus confluentus) and westslope cutthroat trout (oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) habitats in the upper flathead river, Montana, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 940-959

  Muhlfeld, C C ^a   Jones, L ^a   Kotter, D ^a   Miller, W J ^b   Geise, D ^c   Tohtz, J ^d   Marotz, B ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Miller Ecological Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c Spatial Sciences andd Imaging ^*  (United States)

^d Box 1630   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull trout; Dams; Fish habitat; Flow regulation; IFIM; Two dimensional hydrodynamic habitat modelling; Westslope cutthroat trout

Indexed keywords

DAM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOW REGULATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SALMONID; STREAMFLOW;

COLUMBIA RIVER; FLATHEAD RIVER; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EQUIDAE; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 84865845838     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1494     Document Type: Article

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