PIT telemetry as a method to study the habitat requirements of fish populations: Application to native and stocked trout movements

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-185

  Teixeira, Amílcar ^a   Cortes, Rui M V ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Habitat use; Movement; PIT tag; Stocking

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FISH; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MARINE BIOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BROWN TROUT; HABITAT USE; PIT TAG;

TRANSPONDERS;

BIOTELEMETRY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; HATCHERY; HEADWATER; MICROHABITAT; MOVEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; SALMONID CULTURE; STREAM; SUMMER; SYMPATRY; TAGGING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33947691540     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0551-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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