Reproductive timing and use of redd sites by lake-spawning brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 747-756

  Blanchfield, Paul J ^a,b   Ridgway, Mark S ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROOK TROUT; REDD; SPAWNING;

FONTINALIS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0030846412     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-344     Document Type: Article

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