Three-dimensional microhabitat use by young pool-dwelling Atlantic salmon and brown trout

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1047-1059

  Bremset, Gunnbjørn ^a   Berg, Ole Kristian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; FISH; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION; PREDATION;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COMPETITION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION; SALMONID; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; RIPARIA; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALMONIFORMES;

EID: 0032727747     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1218     Document Type: Article

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