Assessment of the transferability of biological habitat models for Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1398-1408

  Guay, J C ^a   Boisclair, D ^a   Leclerc, M ^b   Lapointe, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT; INDEX METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; ESCOUMINS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINTE-MARGUERITE RIVER;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0041370847     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-120     Document Type: Article

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