Habitat enhancement and native fish conservation: Can enhancement of channel complexity promote the coexistence of native and introduced fishes?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 555-566

  Billman, Eric J ^a   Kreitzer, Joshua D ^a   Creighton, J Curtis ^b   Habit, Evelyn ^c   McMillan, Brock ^a   Belk, Mark C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Fish conservation; Habitat heterogeneity; Refuge habitat; River restoration; Side channel; Stream fish

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; REFUGE; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PROVO RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84874575644     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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