Combined Effects of Climate Change and Bank Stabilization on Shallow Water Habitats of Chinook Salmon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1201-1211

  Jorgensen, Jeffrey C ^a   Mcclure, Michelle M ^a   Sheer, Mindi B ^a   Munn, Nancy L ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Endangered species act; Mainstem; Riprap; Riverbank stabilization; Section 7 consultation; Willamette river

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; RIPRAP; RIVER FLOW; SHALLOW WATER; SHORELINE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE RIVER;

ACTA DE ESPECIES AMENAZADAS (ESA); ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSULTORÍA SECCIÓN 7; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ESCOLLERA; ESTABILIZACIÓN DE ORILLAS DE RÍOS; LEGAL ASPECT; MAINSTEM; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIPRAP; RIVER; RIVERBANK STABILIZATION; RÍO WILLAMETTE; SALMON; SALMÓN CHINOOK; SECTION 7 CONSULTATION; TALLO PRINCIPAL; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE RIVER;

ACTA DE ESPECIES AMENAZADAS (ESA); CHINOOK SALMON; CONSULTORÍA SECCIÓN 7; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ESCOLLERA; ESTABILIZACIÓN DE ORILLAS DE RÍOS; MAINSTEM; RIPRAP; RIVERBANK STABILIZATION; RÍO WILLAMETTE; SALMÓN CHINOOK; SECTION 7 CONSULTATION; TALLO PRINCIPAL; WILLAMETTE RIVER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; OREGON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SALMON;

EID: 84896992722     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12168     Document Type: Article

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