Spatial variation in brown trout production: The role of environmental factors

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1348-1360

  Almodóvar, Ana ^a   Nicola, Graciela G ^b   Elvira, Benigno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34247560693     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-189.1     Document Type: Article

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