Ecological response and physical stability of habitat enhancements along an urban armored shoreline

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-108

  Toft, Jason D ^a   Ogston, Andrea S ^b   Heerhartz, Sarah M ^a   Cordell, Jeffery R ^a   Flemer, Emilie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Armoring; Chinook salmon; Habitat; Larval fish; Living shoreline; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ARMORING; CHINOOK SALMON; HABITAT; LARVAL FISHES; LIVING SHORELINE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; LARVA; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALMONID; SHORELINE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

PUGET SOUND; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84877887246     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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