Long-term demographic responses of trout populations to habitat manipulation in six colorado streams

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 931-946

  Gowan, Charles ^a,b   Fausch, Kurt D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat manipulation; Population biology; Rocky mountains; Stream salmonids

Indexed keywords

SALMONIDAE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FISH COMMUNITY; HABITAT MANIPULATION; IMMIGRATION;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030389819     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269496     Document Type: Article

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