Seasonal density dependence in Atlantic salmon over varying spatial scales

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1642-1656

  Bailey, Michael M ^a,b   Horton, Gregg E ^c   Letcher, Benjamin H ^c   Kinnison, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Central New England Fishery Resources Office   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79954468664     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-121.1     Document Type: Article

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