Favorable foraging locations for young Atlantic salmon: Application to habitat and population restoration

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1085-1099

  Nislow, K H ^a   Folt, C L ^a   Parrish, D L ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Foraging based habitat models, habitat preference; Salmo salar; Salmon restoration; Stream habitat; Stream restoration; USA; Vermont

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0033178488     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1085:FFLFYA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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