Influence of egg predation and physical disturbance on lake trout Salvelinus namaycush egg mortality and implications for life-history theory

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Fitzsimons, J D ^a   Jonas, J L ^b   Claramunt, R M ^b   Williston, B ^a   Williston, G ^a   Marsden, J E ^c   Ellrott, B J ^c,e   Honeyfield, D C ^d  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e Surface Water Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Eggs; Great Lakes; Lake trout; Predation; Wind fetch

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 34250889257     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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