The influence of land cover composition and groundwater on thermal habitat availability for brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations in the United States of America

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Siitari, Kiira J ^a   Taylor, William W ^a   Nelson, Stacy A C ^b   Weaver, Kerryann E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brook charr; Groundwater; Land cover

Indexed keywords

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 79960992115     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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