Drivers of growth variation in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): An elasticity analysis approach

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1113-1121

  Davidson, R Scott ^a,b,c   Letcher, Benjamin H ^b   Nislow, Keith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body growth; Density dependence; Discharge; Environmental variation; Global climate change; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; PREDICTION; SALMONID; STREAM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMO SALAR; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952022054     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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