Competitive habitat displacement of brown trout by Siberian sculpin: The role of size and density

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 222-236

  Hesthagen, T ^a   Heggenes, J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cottus poecilopus; Habitat displacement; Salmo trutta

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARTICLE SIZE; SALMONID; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

COTTUS; COTTUS POECILOPUS; COTTUS SIBIRICUS; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 2342508462     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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