Influence of Turbidity on Brook Trout Reactive Distance and Foraging Success

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 138-146

  Sweka, John A ^a   Hartman, Kyle J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; SALMONID; STREAM; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0035015128     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2001)130<0138:IOTOBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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