Conflicting effects of woody debris on stream fish populations: implications for management

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: LANGFORD, T. E. L., LANGFORD, J., HAWKINS, S. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Minnows; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02766.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2427.2012.02766.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02766.x

Summary 1. Coarse woody debris (CWD) in stream channels causes changes in flow, sedimentation and ratios of pool to riffle areas. There is a consensus among fishery managers and scientists that CWD is beneficial to stream fish communities because of its enhancement of habitat diversity, invertebrate...