Does dominance status correlate with growth in wild stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 902-908

  Harwood, Andrew J ^a,d   Armstrong, John D ^b   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Griffiths, Siân W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominance; Growth; Juvenile Atlantic salmon

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; SALMONID; SOCIAL STATUS;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642546946     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg080     Document Type: Article

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