Spawning by california golden trout: Characteristics of spawning fish, seasonal and daily timing, redd characteristics, and microhabitat preferences

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 519-531

  Knapp, Roland A ^a,b   Vredenburg, Vance T ^c  

^a Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS AGUABONITA; SALMONIDAE;

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN TROUT; HABITAT PREFERENCE; SPAWNING;

USA, CALIFORNIA, GOLDEN TROUT WILDERNESS;

EID: 0030299138     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0519:SBCGTC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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