Niche overlap between young brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Siberian sculpin (Cottus poecilopus) in a subalpine Norwegian river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 521, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 117-125

  Hesthagen, Trygve ^a   Saksgård, Randi ^a   Hegge, Ola ^b   Dervo, Børre K ^a   Skurdal, Jostein ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Environmental Administration   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cottus poecilopus; Density; Diet; Habitat use; Interactions; Salmo trutta; Subalpine river

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SUBSTRATES;

HABITATS; SURFACE INSECTS;

RIVERS;

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; HABITAT USE; NICHE OVERLAP; SALMONID;

ATNA RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

COTTUS; COTTUS POECILOPUS; COTTUS SIBIRICUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 3442882309     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026354.22430.17     Document Type: Article

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