Salmonids on the fringe: Abundance, species composition, and habitat use of salmonids in high-gradient headwater streams, Southeast Alaska

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1529-1538

  Bryant, M D ^a   Zymonas, N D ^b   Wright, B E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT USE; HEADWATER; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMADINA FASCIATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS MALMA;

EID: 8544250638     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-157.1     Document Type: Article

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