Effect of discharge on daytime habitat use and selection by muskellunge in the New River, Virginia

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1546-1558

  Brenden, Travis O ^a,b   Murphy, Brian R ^a   Hallerman, Eric M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURVIVAL; WATER DEPTH;

NEW RIVER [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ESOX MASQUINONGY;

EID: 34247635285     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-256.1     Document Type: Article

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