Size-dependent survival of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis in summer: Effects of water temperature and stream flow

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2342-2369

  Xu, C L ^a,b   Letcher, B H ^a   Nislow, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Salmonids; Size dependent survival; Stream discharge

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RIVER; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TROUT; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TROUT; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 77954746559     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02619.x     Document Type: Article

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