Comparative thermal requirements of westslope cutthroat trout and rainbow trout: Implications for species interactions and development of thermal protection standards

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1113-1121

  Bear, Elizabeth A ^a,b   McMahon, Thomas E ^a   Zale, Alexander V ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34547667557     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-072.1     Document Type: Article

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