Density-dependent growth of young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 508-516

  Imre, I ^a,c   Grant, J W A ^a   Cunjak, R A ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intraspecific competition; Juvenile salmonids; Population regulation; Spatial scale; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; STREAM;

CANADA; CATAMARAN BROOK; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 20144380336     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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