Factors influencing the success of salmonid egg development in river substratum

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 322-333

  Sternecker, Katharina ^a   Cowley, David E ^b   Geist, Juergen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine sediment; Salmo trutta; Salmonid conservation; Spawning habitat quality; Stream bed

Indexed keywords

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84875055290     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12020     Document Type: Article

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