Trout piscivory in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: Effects of turbidity, temperature, and fish prey availability

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 471-486

  Yard, Michael D ^a   Coggins Jr , Lewis G ^b   Baxter, Colden V ^a   Bennett, Glenn E ^b   Korman, Josh ^c  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; PISCIVORY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID FISHERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBIDITY;

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

GILA CYPHA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79960593516     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.572011     Document Type: Article

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