Exploring the relative influence of biotic interactions and environmental conditions on the abundance and distribution of exotic brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a high mountain stream

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 554-566

  Budy, P ^a   Thiede, G P ^a   McHugh, P ^b   Hansen, E S ^a   Wood, J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Density dependence; Exotic species; Growth; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 55949136618     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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