Behaviour and growth of juvenile brown trout exposed to fluctuating flow

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Flodmark, Lars E W ^a   Forseth, T ^b   L'Abee Lund J H ^a,c   Vollestad L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Hydropower; Salmo trutta; Social interactions; Water level

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GROWTH; JUVENILE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STREAM CHANNEL;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33745936225     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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