A temporally stable spatial pattern in the spawner density of a freshwater fish: Evidence for an ideal despotic distribution

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-388

  Purchase, Craig F ^a,b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SALMONID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; CAPE RACE; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 40849104802     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-171     Document Type: Article

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