Competition between stream-dwelling cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch): Effects of relative size and population origin

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2609-2617

  Sabo, J L ^a,b   Pauley, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; BODY SIZE; FORAGING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION ORIGIN;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 0031412122     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-155     Document Type: Article

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