Long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on the condition and size-structure of an alpine brown trout population

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-170

  Milbrink, Göran ^a   Petersson, Erik ^a,b   Holmgren, Staffan ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Growth; Nutrient enrichment; Salmo trutta

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GROWTH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; SIZE STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 36849035758     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9185-x     Document Type: Article

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