Bigger is not always better for overwintering young-of-year steelhead

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 262-274

  Connolly, Patrick J ^a   Petersen, James H ^a  

^a WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; ELEVATION; FAT RESERVE; FISH; GROWTH; LATITUDE; OVERWINTERING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037359682     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2003)132<0262:BINABF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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