Latitudinal and altitudinal growth patterns of brown trout Salmo trutta at different spatial scales

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2355-2373

  Parra, I ^a   Almodovar A ^a   Nicola, G G ^b   Elvira, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude; Europe; Growth variation; Latitude; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TROUT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; RIVERS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TROUT;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 68349154117     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02249.x     Document Type: Article

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