Density-dependent habitat selection by juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in experimental riverine habitats

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1298-1306

  Bult, Tammo P ^a   Riley, Stephen C ^b   Haedrich, Richard L ^c   Gibson, R John ^b   Heggenes, Jan ^d  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^b Memorial University of Newfoundland ^*  (Ireland)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0033306781     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-074     Document Type: Article

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