Predicting the location of optimal habitat boundaries for lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Canadian Shield lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 959-970

  Dillon, P J ^a   Clark, B J ^b   Molot, L A ^c   Evans, H E ^d  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dorset Research Centre   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RODA Environmental Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; OXYGEN; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0344496633     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-082     Document Type: Article

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