Ecology and trophic relationships of the fishes of Gander Lake, a large, deep, oligotrophic lake in Newfoundland, Canada

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 486-510

  O'Connel, Michael F ^a   Dempson, J Brian ^a   Power, Michael ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Salmonids; Salvelinus alpinus; Spatial distribution; Stable isotopes; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD CHAIN; GILLNET; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SALMONID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CANADA; GANDER LAKE; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

OSMERUS MORDAX; PISCES; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 29844446888     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510804     Document Type: Article

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