Effectiveness of Spawning Substrate Enhancement for Adfluvial
Fish in a Regulated Sub-Arctic River
M. Miller1, C. Stevens2, and M.S.
Poesch3
1 Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC), 4
Capital Drive, Hay River, NT X0E 1G2, Canada
2 WSP Canada Ltd., 16820-107 Ave, Edmonton, AB T5P
4C3, Canada
3 University of Alberta, Faculty of Agricultural, Life
and Environmental Sciences, 433 South Academic Building, Edmonton AB,
T6G 2J7, Canada
*Corresponding author email: poesch@ualberta.ca
Article Type: Research Article
Keywords (four to eight keywords): spawning substrate, coregonid,
regulated river, sub-Arctic, habitat enhancement, broadcast spawners,
egg development
Data availability statement:Data is available as part of the Fisheries Act Authorization (FAA)
through request to Fisheries and Oceans Canada regional office/s or
upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.
Funding statement:
Funding was provided by Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC)
Conflict of interest disclosure:
The authors represent the proponent for the project.
Ethics approval statement: No animal ethics was required as
this project was conducted under an approved Authorization under the
Fisheries Act.