Effects of heavy metals on prey abundance, feeding habits, and metal uptake of brown trout in the Arkansas River, Colorado

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 774-785

  Clements, William H ^a   Rees, David E ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BROWN TROUT; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; HEAVY METAL; PREY ABUNDANCE;

ARKANSAS RIVER; COLORADO; USA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; SALMO TRUTTA; SIMULIIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0031472980     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0774:EOHMOP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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