Drifting Invertebrates, Stomach Contents, and Body Conditions of Juvenile Rainbow Trout from Fall through Winter in a Wyoming Tailwater

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1187-1195

  Simpkins, Darin G ^a   Hubert, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; SALMONID; STOMACH CONTENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034456427     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<1187:DISCAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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