Hierarchical modeling of late-summer weight and summer abundance of juvenile coho salmon across a stream network

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1138-1156

  Ebersole, Joseph L ^a   Colvin, Michael E ^a,c   Wigington Jr , Parker J ^a   Leibowitz, Scott G ^a   Baker, Joan P ^a,b   Church, M Robbins ^a   Compton, Jana E ^a   Cairns, Michael A ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University ^*  (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; SUMMER; SURVIVAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 78650425805     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-245.1     Document Type: Article

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