Freshwater Habitat Requirements of Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 67-87

  Finstad, Anders G ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b   Nislow, Keith H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics salmon salar; Carrying capacity; Enhancement; Habitat management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985875247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327755.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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