Stream-bed scour, egg burial depths, and the influence of salmonid spawning on bed surface mobility and embryo survival

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1061-1070

  Montgomery, David R ^a   Buffington, John M ^a   Peterson, N Phil ^b   Schuett Hames, David ^c   Quinn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Simpson Timber Company   (United States)

^c Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHUM SALMON; EGG BURIAL; SPAWNING; STREAMBED SCOUR;

USA, (NORTHWEST);

ONCHORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 85047678027     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-028     Document Type: Article

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