Translocation of stream-dwelling salmonids in headwaters: Insights from a 15-year reintroduction experience

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-455

  Vincenzi, Simone ^a,b   Crivelli, Alain J ^c   Jesensek, Dusan ^d   de Leo, Giulio A ^e  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b MRAG Americas   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^d Tolmin Angling Association   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Establishment; Flood; Marble trout; Persistence; Reintroduction; Translocation

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; HEADWATER; POPULATION SIZE; REINTRODUCTION; SALMONID; STREAM; TRANSLOCATION;

PISCES; SALMO MARMORATUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84860766082     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-011-9235-5     Document Type: Article

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