Feeding, growth and nutritional status of restocked salmon parr along the longitudinal gradient of a large European river: The Allier

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 282-296

  Descroix, A ^a   Desvilettes, C ^a   Martin, P ^b   Anneville, O ^c   Bec, A ^a   Bourdier, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b Conservatoire National du Saumon Sauvage ^*  (France)

^c UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding and growth; Large temperate river; Nutritional status; Salmo salar L.; Upstream downstream gradient

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 70350632820     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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