Habitat-mediated foraging limitations drive survival bottlenecks for Juvenile Salmon

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2529-2541

  Kennedy, Brian P ^a   Nislow, Keith H ^b   Folt, Carol L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Cesium; Consumption; Critical period; Fish; Food limitation; Foraging; Growth; Juvenile Atlantic salmon; Population; Salmo salar; Survival bottleneck

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD LIMITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INGESTION RATE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

SALMO SALAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SALMO SALAR; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549084620     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1353.1     Document Type: Article

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