codep (version 1.2-4)

salmon: The St. Marguerite River Altantic Salmon Parr Transect

Description

Juvenile Atlantic salmon (parr) density in a 1520m transect of the St. Marguerite River, Québec, Canada.

Usage

data(salmon)

Format

A 76 rows by 5 columns data.frame.

Details

Contains (1) the 76 sampling site positions along a 1520 m river segment beginning at a location called `Bardsville` (Lat: 48°23'01.59'' N ; Long: 70°12'10.05'' W), (2) the number of parr (young salmon, ages I+ and II+) observed at the sampling sites, (3) the mean water depths (m), (4) the mean current velocity (m/s), and (5) the mean substrate size (mm). Sampling took place on July 7, 2002, in the 76 sites, each 20 m long. The `Bardsville` river segment is located in the upper portion of Sainte-Marguerite River, Quebec, Canada.

References

Guénard, G., Legendre, P., Boisclair, D., and Bilodeau, M. 2010. Multiscale codependence analysis: an integrated approach to analyse relationships across scales. Ecology 91: 2952-2964

See Also

Bouchard, J. and Boisclair, D. 2008. The relative importance of local, lateral, and longitudinal variables on the development of habitat quality models for a river. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 61-73

Examples

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