Self-thinning in juvenile sea trout and other salmonid fishes revisited

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-526

  Armstrong, John D ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Growth; Mortality; Population dynamics; Salmo trutta

Indexed keywords

BROWN TROUT; SEA TROUT; SELF-THINNING;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030829518     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5946     Document Type: Article

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