Using a stream network census of fish and habitat to assess models of juvenile salmonid distribution

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 942-956

  McMillan, John R ^a   Liermann, Martin C ^a   Starr, James ^b   Pess, George R ^a   Augerot, Xan ^c  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Marys River Watershed Council ^*  (United States)

^c Marys River Watershed Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CENSUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; JUVENILE; MODEL TEST; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STREAMWATER; SUMMER;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84883259117     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2013.790846     Document Type: Article

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