Factors influencing carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus content of fish from a Lake Superior coastal wetland

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1243-1251

  Tanner, Danny K ^a   Brazner, John C ^a   Brady, Valerie J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NUTRIENT; WETLAND;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE SUPERIOR); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033936956     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-062     Document Type: Article

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