Predicting cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) abundance in high-elevation streams: Revisiting a model of translocation success

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2399-2408

  Young, Michael K ^a   Guenther Gloss, Paula M ^b,d   Ficke, Ashley D ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SALMONID; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 32644448663     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-149     Document Type: Article

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