Habitat and food choice of Arctic charr in Linnévatn on Spitsbergen, Svalbard: The first year-round investigation in a High Arctic lake

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-77

  Svenning, M A ^a   Klemetsen, A ^b   Olsen, T ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Habitat and food choice; High Arctic lake; Svalbard Arctic charr; Year round investigation

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34247512737     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00183.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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