Timing of brown trout spawning in Alpine rivers with special consideration of egg burial depth

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 384-397

  Riedl, Christina ^a   Peter, Armin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine rivers; Brown trout; Burial depth; Habitat use; Spawning

Indexed keywords

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 84878740985     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12033     Document Type: Article

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