Influence of European sculpin, Cottus gobio, on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, recruitment and the effect of gravel size on egg predation - implications for spawning habitat restoration

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 501-507

  Palm, D ^a   Lindberg, M ^a   BrannaS E ^a   Lundqvist, H ^a   Ostergren J ^a,b   Carlsson, U ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c Nature management Fisheries unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Predation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EGG PREDATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; JUVENILE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SPAWNING;

COTTUS GOBIO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 70649095423     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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