The effects of stream substratum composition on the emergence of salmonid fry

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-544

  Sternecker, K ^a   Geist, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergence; Fine sediment; Hucho hucho; Salmo trutta; Salmonid conservation; Spawning habitat quality

Indexed keywords

HUCHO HUCHO; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 78349263132     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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