Survival and growth of unfed and fed atlantic salmon fry stocked in a vermont tributary of the connecticut river

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 931-935

  Whalen, Kevin G ^a,b   Labar, George W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

CONECTICUT RIVER; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0032418360     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0931:SAGOUA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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