Habitat use, home range, movements and interactions of introduced Lepomis gibbosus and native Salmo trutta in a small stream of Southern England

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-215

  Stakenas, Saulius ^a,b   Vilizzi, Lorenzo ^c   Copp, Gordon H ^a,d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^c MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alien species; Brown trout; Habitat associations; Pumpkinseed; Radio tracking; Ranges 7 tracking analysis software

Indexed keywords

LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 84875052565     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12015     Document Type: Article

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