Microhabitat Partitioning among Stream-Dwelling juvenile Coho Salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch , and Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Dolloff, C. Andrew, Reeves, Cordon H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Prince of Wales Island; Varden; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f90-256; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f90-256

Microhabitat use and partitioning among age 0+ and 1+ coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, and age 0+, 1+ and 2+ Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma, was studied in small (<2 m wide), natural streams on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, and in laboratory stream channels. Coho salmon occupied midwater posi...