Marine feeding patterns of anadromous brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) inhabiting an estuarine river fjord

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2011-2027

  Morinville, Geneviève R ^a,b   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Rescan Environmental Services   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FJORD; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

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

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MYSIDA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33751055253     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-097     Document Type: Article

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