Variation in growth and aggression of juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) from upstream and downstream reaches of the same river

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-135

  Kristensen, E A ^a,b   Closs, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dominancy hierarchies; Migratory; New Zealand; Resident; Social organisation

Indexed keywords

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 38549099514     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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