Response of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to the addition of salmon carcasses to two streams in southwestern Washington, U.S.A

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1909-1918

  Bilby, Robert E ^a,c   Fransen, Brian R ^a   Bisson, Peter A ^b   Walter, Jason K ^a  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031789224     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-094     Document Type: Article

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