Context-specific influence of water temperature on brook trout growth rates in the field

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2253-2264

  Xu, Cailin ^a,b   Letcher, Benjamin H ^b   Nislow, Keith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brook trout; Density dependence; Season specific growth; Stream flow; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 78649468163     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02430.x     Document Type: Article

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