Winter Diel Habitat Use and Movement by Subadult Bull Trout in the Upper Flathead River, Montana

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Muhlfeld, Clint C ^a   Glutting, Steve ^a   Hunt, Rick ^a   Daniels, Durae ^a   Marotz, Brian ^a  

^a WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; FLOW REGULATION; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID;

UNITED STATES;

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 0037297340     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2003)023<0163:WDHUAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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