The spatial scale of density-dependent growth and implications for dispersal from nests in juvenile Atlantic salmon

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 959-969

  Einum, Sigurd ^a,b   Robertsen, Grethe ^a   Nislow, Keith H ^c   McKelvey, Simon ^d   Armstrong, John D ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Cromarty Firth District Salmon Fisheries Board   (United Kingdom)

^e MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Drift feeding; Natal dispersal; Shadow competition; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DRIFT FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; NATAL DISPERSAL; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMO SALAR; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79952695479     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1794-y     Document Type: Article

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