Effect of water temperature and density of juvenile salmonids on growth of young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1002-1022

  Bal, G ^a   Rivot, E ^a   Prevost E ^b,c   Piou, C ^b,c   Bagliniere J L ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^b Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Salmonid densities; Temperature warming; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; GLOBAL WARMING; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79953299682     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02902.x     Document Type: Article

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