Beavers (Castor canadensis) influence habitat for juvenile salmon in a large Alaskan river floodplain

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1229-1246

  Malison, Rachel L ^a   Lorang, Mark S ^a   Whited, Diane C ^a   Stanford, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Castor canadensis; Kwethluk River; Large river floodplain; Salmon movement

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; COPEPODA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 84897960845     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12343     Document Type: Article

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