salmon: The St. Marguerite River Altantic Salmon Parr Transect

In guenardg/codep: Multiscale Codependence Analysis

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.

Source

Daniel Boisclair, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, 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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summary(salmon)

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