Habitat use and movement patterns for a fluvial species, the Arctic grayling, in a watershed impacted by a large reservoir: Evidence from otolith microchemistry

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1156-1165

  Clarke, Adrian D ^a,c   Telmer, Kevin H ^b   Shrimpton, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish life history; Fish movement; Habitat fragmentation; Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Otolith chemistry; Thymallus arcticus

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLOODING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOVEMENT; OTOLITH; POPULATION MIGRATION; SALMONID; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACE RIVER [CANADA];

PASTINACA SATIVA; THYMALLUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 35649004466     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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