Interspecies synchrony in salmonid densities associated with large-scale bioclimatic conditions in central Idaho

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 928-942

  Copeland, Timothy ^a   Meyer, Kevin A ^a  

^a IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SYNCHRONY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PISCES; PROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84871112069     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.599261     Document Type: Article

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