Influence of Beaver Activity on Summer Growth and Condition of Age‐2 Atlantic Salmon Parr

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Sigourney, Douglas B., Letcher, Benjamin H., Cunjak, Richard A.
• Other Authors: Canada Research Chairs, U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Beaver Pond; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/t05-159.1; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/T05-159.1; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1577/T05-159.1; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/T05-159.1

Abstract The activity of beavers Castor canadensis in freshwater environments can have considerable localized impacts on the physical and biological components of riparian ecosystems. By changing the habitat of a stream, beaver dams can cause spatial variation in growth opportunity that may have dir...