Factors affecting habitat selection by a small spawning charr population, bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus: Implications for recovery of an endangered species

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-31

  Wissmar, R C ^a   Craig, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull trout; Habitat selection; Redds; Salvelinus confluentus; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SALMONID; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 1542320032     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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