Preserving, augmenting, and creating cold-water thermal refugia in rivers: Concepts derived from research on the Miramichi River, New Brunswick (Canada)

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1095-1108

  Kurylyk, Barret L ^a   Macquarrie, Kerry T B ^a   Linnansaari, Tommi ^a   Cunjak, Richard A ^a   Curry, R Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Climate change; Cold water refugia management strategy; Groundwater; Habitat engineering; Hyporheic flow; River habitat; River thermal diversity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COPYRIGHTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; RIVERS; THERMAL STRESS;

AGGREGATE EXTRACTIONS; ATLANTIC SALMON; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; HYPORHEIC; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; RIVER-HABITATS; TEMPORARY STRUCTURES;

THERMAL ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD WATER; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; REFUGE; REFUGIUM; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CANADA; MIRAMICHI RIVER; NEW BRUNSWICK;

AVES; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84930213214     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1566     Document Type: Article

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