Behavioural and physiological responses of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis to midwinter flow reduction in a small ice-free mountain stream

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 707-725

  Krimmer, A N ^a   Paul, A J ^b   Hontela, A ^a   Rasmussen, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow manipulation; Habitat selection; Movement; Salmonid; Undercut banks

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; TROUT;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROCORTISONE; MOVEMENT; RIVERS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TROUT;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 80052366407     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03053.x     Document Type: Article

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