Unravelling the effects of water temperature and density dependence on the spatial variation of brown trout (Salmo trutta) body size

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-832

  Parra, Irene ^a   Almodóvar, Ana ^a   Ayllón, Daniel ^a   Nicola, Graciela G ^b   Elvira, Benigno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIMITING FACTOR; NONLINEARITY; RIVER SYSTEM; SALMONID; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

IBERIAN BASIN;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84860338303     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-025     Document Type: Article

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