Ecological Characteristics of Streams in the Barrenlands near Lac de Gras, N.W.T., Canada

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-261

  Jones, Nicholas E ^a   Tonn, William M ^a   Scrimgeour, Garry J ^b   Katopodis, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Conservation Association   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic grayling; Barrenlands; Drift; Lac de Gras; Lake outlet; Northwest Territories; Reference condition; Spatiotemporal variation; Streams; Thymallus arcticus; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA;

THYMALLUS; THYMALLUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 0141635901     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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