Effect of brown trout body size on post-stocking survival and pike predation

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Hyvärinen, Pekka ^a   Vehanen, T ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Esox lucius; Predation; Salmo trutta; Stocking; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL;

ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 17744408460     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2004.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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