Sensitivity of juvenile salmonid growth to future climate trends

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 663-669

  Beer, W N ^a   Anderson, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Climate change; Growth; Salmonid; Snowpack; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOREGION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; SALMONID; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79957905886     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1390     Document Type: Article

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