Energy provenance for juvenile lake trout in small canadian shield lakes as shown by stable isotopes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 512-518

  France, Robert ^a   Steedman, Robert ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; LAKE TROUT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; OPOSSUM SHRIMP; TROPHIC CONNECTIVITY;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

MYSIDACEA; MYSIS RELICTA; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIDELPHIDAE; MYSIDA; RIPARIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030299148     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0512:EPFJLT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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