Assessing population responses to multiple anthropogenic effects: A case study with brook trout

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 152-167

  Marschall, Elizabeth A ^a   Crowder, Larry B ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angler effect; Anthropogenic effects; Appalachian mountain streams; Brook trout; Exotic species; Local extinction; Matrix population modeling; Rainbow trout; Size structure; Stream acidification; Stream salmonids

Indexed keywords

FONTINALIS; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0000624287     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269561     Document Type: Article

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