Spatial patterning of habitat for Oncorhynchus mykiss in a system of intermittent and perennial streams

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-105

  Boughton, D A ^c   Fish, H ^a   Pope, J ^b   Holt, G ^b  

^a NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Mediterranean climate; Self fining; Steelhead trout

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 69249147454     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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