Cannibals and parasites: Conflicting regulators of bimodality in high latitude Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus

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Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Hammar, Johan ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; CANNIBALISM; PARASITISM; SALMONID;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM DITREMUM; GAMMARACANTHUS LACUSTRIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; TRICHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034006935     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880105.x     Document Type: Article

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