Quantification of the vital rates, abundance, and status of a critical, endemic population of Bonneville cutthroat trout

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 593-604

  Budy, Phaedra ^a   Thiede, Gary P ^a   McHugh, Peter ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; BODY CONDITION; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; LIMITING FACTOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

LOGAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMADINA FASCIATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII UTAH; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34249991262     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-085.1     Document Type: Article

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