A topographic index approach for identifying groundwater habitat of young-of-year brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the land-lake ecotone

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-253

  Borwick, Jason ^a,b   Buttle, Jim ^a   Ridgway, Mark S ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT USE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SALMONID; SEEPAGE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33645116339     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-212     Document Type: Article

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