A 14-year study of habitat use and diet of brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Lake Atnsjøen, a subalpine Norwegian lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 521, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 187-199

  Saksgård, Randi ^a   Hesthagen, Trygve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diet; Habitat utilisation; Salmo trutta; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; RIVER POLLUTION;

HABITATS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

LAKES;

DIET; HABITAT USE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE ATNSJOEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BOSMINA; BOSMINA LONGISPINA; BYTHOTREPHES; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PEDICULUS; POLYPHEMUS PEDICULUS; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3442887182     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026359.00934.52     Document Type: Article

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