Restoration of the food web of an alpine lake following fish stocking

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-136

  McNaught, A S ^a   Schindler, D W ^b   Parker, B R ^b   Paul, A J ^c   Anderson, R S ^d   Donald, D B ^e   Agbeti, M ^f  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Park Plaza ^*  (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f Bio Limno Research and Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD WEB; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; SNOWFLAKE LAKE;

DAPHNIA MIDDENDORFFIANA; DAPHNIA PULEX; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; HESPERODIAPTOMUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 0032988054     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0127     Document Type: Article

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