Hydraulic-habitat modelling for setting environmental river flow needs for salmonids

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 500-517

  Dunbar, M J ^a   Alfredsen, K ^b   Harby, A ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catchment; Ecohydraulics; Fish; Hydro ecology; Mesohabitat

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84869767806     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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