Spatial and quantitative patterns of movement in large bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) from a watershed in north-western British Columbia, Canada, are due to habitat selection and not differences in life history

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-304

  Bahr, M A ^a,b   Shrimpton, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Gordon and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bull trout; Migration; Radio telemetry; Spawning

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MORICE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 10244222792     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2004.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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