Stable isotope variability in tissues of temperate stream fishes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1103-1110

  Jardine, Timothy D ^a   Gray, Michelle A ^b   McWilliam, Sherisse M ^a   Cunjak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COTTUS COGNATUS; PISCES; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 27144473864     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-124.1     Document Type: Article

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