Distribution and movement of domestic rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, during pulsed flows in the South Fork American River, California

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-116

  Cocherell, Sarah A ^a   Jones, Gardner J ^b   Miranda, Javier B ^b   Cocherell, Dennis E ^a   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^a   Thompson, Lisa C ^a   Klimley, A Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Movement; Pulsed flows; Radio telemetry; Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID;

AMERICAN RIVER; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77956618974     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9701-2     Document Type: Article

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