Field-based estimates of thermal tolerance limits for trout: Incorporating exposure time and temperature fluctuation

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-374

  Wehrly, Kevin E ^a   Wang, Lizhu ^a   Mitro, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LIMITING FACTOR; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34247209121     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-163.1     Document Type: Article

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