Growth-rate variation in brown trout in small neighbouring streams: Evidence for density-dependence?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1513-1527

  Vollestad L A ^a   Olsen, E M ^a   Forseth, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Growth; Salmo trutta; Season; Size; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; SEASON; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORWAY;

COTTUS GOBIO; COTTUS POECILOPUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036998897     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.2170     Document Type: Article

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