Abundance and distribution of a brown trout (Salmo trutta, L.) population in a remote high mountain lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 493, Issue , 2003, Pages 35-42

  Encina, L ^a   Rodriguez Ruiz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution; Echosounder; Fish density; High mountain lake

Indexed keywords

LAKES;

TARGET STRENGTH (TS);

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ECHO SOUNDER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141752767     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025473309016     Document Type: Article

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