A preliminary national analysis of some key characteristics of Canadian lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1763-1778

  Minns, Charles K ^a,c   Moore, James E ^b   Shuter, Brian J ^c,d   Mandrak, Nicholas E ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b JEMSys Software Systems Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INVASIVE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TYPOLOGY; WATERSHED;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 48949106351     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-110     Document Type: Article

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