The Role of Competition in the Ecology of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 171-197

  Nislow, Keith H ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b   Grant, James W A ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Density dependent dynamics; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985864656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327755.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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