Managing the flood pulse for optimal fisheries production in the atchafalaya river basin, Louisiana (USA)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-296

  Alford, J B ^a   Walker, M R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atchafalaya River; Flood pulse concept; Flood regime; River floodplain fisheries

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FLOODPLAIN; LOW FLOW; MAGNITUDE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS FURCATUS; ICTIOBUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; POMOXIS; PROCAMBARUS;

EID: 84875052500     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1610     Document Type: Article

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