Brook trout movement in response to temperature, flow, and thermal refugia within a complex Appalachian riverscape

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1060-1073

  Todd Petty, J ^a   Hansbarger, Jeff L ^a,b   Huntsman, Brock M ^a   Mazik, Patricia M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia Division of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MICROHABITAT; MOBILITY; MOVEMENT; REFUGIUM; RIVER SYSTEM; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84863857762     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.681102     Document Type: Article

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