Survival and bioenergetic responses of juvenile Atlantic salmon along a perturbation gradient in a natural stream

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-124

  Coghlan Jr , Stephen M ^a,b   Ringler, N H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Bioenergetics; Onondaga Creek; Pollution; Streams; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALMONID; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONONDAGA CREEK; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 19344364085     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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