Seasonal variation in diet and trophic relationships within the fish communities of the lower Slave River, Northwest Territories, Canada

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-445

  Little, Alison S ^a,c   Tonn, William M ^a   Tollman, Ross F ^b   Reist, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c RL and L Environ Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet overlap; Large northern rivers; Multivariate ordination; Seasonality; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; SEASONALITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 0031792123     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007433400648     Document Type: Article

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