Habitat, benthic prey, and distribution of juvenile lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in northern Ontario rivers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2866-2871

  Chiasson, Wayne B ^a   Noakes, David L G ^a   Beamish, F William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING ACTIVITY; LAKE STURGEON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

CANADA; GROUNDHOG RIVER; MATTAGAMI RIVER; ONTARIO;

ABLABESMYIA; ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; MARMOTA MONAX; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0031432764     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-194     Document Type: Article

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