Juvenile salmonid abundance in a diamictic semi‐fluvial stream in Norway—does stream bed shelter beat large woody debris?

• Published in: River Research and Applications
• Main Authors: Bretzel, Joachim B., Pulg, Ulrich, Geist, Juergen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/570; Biowissenschaften; Biologie; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/590; Tiere (Zoologie); dead wood; fish abundance; fish habitat structure; LWD; river restoration; salmonids; substrate shelter; Norway; Fish Point; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1738938; https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1738938/document.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4263; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rra.4263

This study investigates the effect of large woody debris (LWD) on the abundance of juvenile Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar , L.) and anadromous brown trout ( Salmo trutta , L.) in semi-alluvial side channels of the river Aurlandselva (Norway) using point electrofishing and microhabitat mapping. Not t...