Effects of fluctuating flows and a controlled flood on incubation success and early survival rates and growth of age-0 rainbow trout in a large regulated river

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 487-505

  Korman, Josh ^a   Kaplinski, Matthew ^b   Melis, Theodore S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOOD CONTROL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INCUBATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTALITY; SALMONID FISHERY; SURVIVAL;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79960568806     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.572015     Document Type: Article

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