Seasonal, Diel, and Landscape Effects on Resource Partitioning between Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in the Columbia River Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-171

  Spilseth, Sarah Anne ^a   Simenstad, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Resource partitioning; Threespine stickleback; Tidal channels

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE; MARSH; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COLUMBIA ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 78650696125     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9349-3     Document Type: Article

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