Demographic characteristics, population structure, and vital rates of a fluvial population of bull trout in Oregon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1709-1722

  Al Chokhachy, Robert ^a   Budy, Phaedra ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE STRUCTURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMONID; SIZE AT MATURITY; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 58149271177     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-247.1     Document Type: Article

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