Ecology and life history of coaster brook trout and potential bottlenecks in their rehabilitation

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1321-1342

  Huckins, Casey J ^a   Baker, Edward A ^b   Fausch, Kurt D ^c   Leonard, Jill B K ^d  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; SALMONID; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 55049126418     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-191.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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