Resource selection functions for age-0 Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) and their application to stream habitat compensation

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1736-1746

  Jones, Nicholas E ^a,b   Tonn, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; MODEL VALIDATION; SALMONID;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

THYMALLUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 12744261537     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-116     Document Type: Article

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