Thermal habitat use by lake trout in two contrasting Yukon territory lakes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 727-738

  Mackenzie Grieve, Jody L ^a   Post, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; COLD WATER; HABITAT USE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RADIOTELEMETRY; REFUGIUM; THERMOPHILY;

CANADA; DEZADEASH LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 33845607635     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-138.1     Document Type: Article

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