Nonnative brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and the demise of native brown trout (Salmo trutta) in northern boreal lakes: Stealthy, long-term patterns?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-664

  Spens, Johan ^a   Alanärä, Anders ^a   Eriksson, Lars Ove ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EXTINCTION RISK; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; SALMONID;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34547228194     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-040     Document Type: Article

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