Movements and habitat preferences of adult grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.) from late winter to summer in a boreal river

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-432

  Nykänen, Mari ^a   Huusko, Ari ^a   Lahti, Markku ^a,b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Fortum Oil and Gas Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Grayling; Habitat selection; Hydraulic modelling; Telemetry; Thymallus thymallus L.

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RIVER; SALMONID;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 9644289220     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0161-0417     Document Type: Article

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