Seasonal feeding habits, growth, and movement of steelhead trout in the lower Mokelumne River, California

California Fish and Game

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 95-111

  Merz, Joseph E ^a  

^a EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; MOVEMENT; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ASTACOIDEA; BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DAPHNIIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0042164429     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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