Sculpins and crayfish in lake trout spawning areas in Lake Ontario: Estimates of abundance and egg predation on lake trout eggs

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 421-436

  Fitzsimons, John D ^a   Perkins, David L ^b   Krueger, Charles C ^c  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

^c GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Lake Ontario; Lake trout; Predation; Sculpins

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; REEFS;

SPAWNING REEFS;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; EGG PREDATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPAWNING;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ASTACOIDEA; COTTIDAE; COTTUS; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036384686     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(02)70595-9     Document Type: Article

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