Using stable isotopes to confirm the trophic ecology of Arctic charr morphotypes from Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 348-362

  Guiguer, K R R A ^a   Reist, J D ^b   Power, M ^a   Babaluk, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Cannibalism; Lake Hazen; Polymorphism; Salvelinus alpinus; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOTYPE; SALMONID;

CANADA;

SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0036464128     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2001.1847     Document Type: Article

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