Temporal and spatial variation in the energy intake of a brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) population in an Appalachian watershed

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2675-2686

  Utz, Ryan M ^a,b   Hartman, Kyle J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT SELECTION; HEADWATER; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33847383074     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-152     Document Type: Article

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