The effects of turbidity and vegetation on the risk of juvenile salmonids, Oncorhynchus spp., to predation by adult cutthroat trout, O. clarkii

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-288

  Gregory, Robert S ^a   Levings, Colin D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Cover; Habitat selection; Predator avoidance; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

CUTTHROAT TROUT; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0029659415     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00000500     Document Type: Article

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