Impact of oligotrophication, temperature, and water levels on walleye habitat in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 868-879

  Chu, C ^a   Minns, C K ^a   Moore, J E ^b   Millard, E S ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b JEMSys Software Systems Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER LEVEL;

BAY OF QUINTE; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENIDAE; PERCIFORMES; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 3242675402     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-095.1     Document Type: Article

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