Increased population density and suppressed prey biomass: Relative impacts on juvenile atlantic salmon growth

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-143

  Ward, D M ^a   Nislow, K H ^b   Folt, C L ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARRAY; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CANOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; STOCKING DENSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

INVERTEBRATA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 77951873557     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-128.1     Document Type: Article

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