Restoring salmon habitat for a changing climate

River Research and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 939-960

  Beechie, T ^a   Imaki, H ^a   Greene, J ^a   Wade, A ^b   Wu, H ^c,d   Pess, G ^a   Roni, P ^a   Kimball, J ^e   Stanford, J ^e   Kiffney, P ^a   Mantua, N ^f  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Decision support; Restoration; Salmon habitat; Stream flow; Stream temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; STREAMFLOW;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885867009     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2590     Document Type: Article

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