Influences on brown trout and brook trout population dynamics in a Michigan river

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-705

  Zorn, Troy G ^a   Nuhfer, Andrew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MODELING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONID; STREAMFLOW; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34250209524     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-032.1     Document Type: Article

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