Food partitioning between coexisting Atlantic salmon and brook trout in the Sainte-Marguerite River ecosystem, Quebec

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 680-694

  Mookerji, N ^a   Weng, Z ^b   Mazumder, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Ctr Interuniv Rech Saumon A   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Brook trout; Competition; Drift; Prey selection; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DIET; RESOURCE USE; SALMONID; STREAM; SYMPATRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINTE-MARGUERITE RIVER;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; FONTINALIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 1642387062     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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