Effects of habitat and internal prey subsidies on juvenile coho salmon growth: Implications for stream productive capacity

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 572-584

  Rosenfeld, J S ^a   Raeburn, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drift; Drift feeding; External subsidies; Internal subsidies; Limnetic feeding; Salmonid growth

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 70449478592     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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