Production of juvenile salmonids in small Norwegian streams is affected by agricultural land use

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2529-2542

  Jonsson, Bror ^a   Jonsson, Nina ^a   Ugedal, Ola ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass; Nitrogen; Parr; Salmo salar; Salmo trutta; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 80054012802     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02678.x     Document Type: Article

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