Habitat quality enhances spatial variation in the self-thinning patterns of stream-resident brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2006-2015

  Lobón Cerviá, Javier ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; SALMONID; SELF THINNING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; THRESHOLD;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 51849152441     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-105     Document Type: Article

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