Abstract
This paper describes the development of the 'egg sandwich', a system for assessing stream substratum quality by linking measurements of depth-specific salmonid egg hatching success and physico-chemical water variables from the same sites within the interstitial zone.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 683-690 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Fish Biology |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2009 |
Keywords
- Egg box
- Interstitial zone
- Salmonid conservation
- Sediment
- Spawning site
- Stream ecosystem health