Status of young-of-the-year brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) in Swiss streams: Factors influencing YOY trout recruitment

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-50

  Schager, Eva ^a   Peter, Armin ^a   Burkhardt Holm, Patricia ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fish catch decline; Fish habitat; General linear model; PKD; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY SURVEY; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; SALMONID FISHERY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMO TRUTTA FARIO; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33947243086     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-007-0845-x     Document Type: Article

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