The Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) populations of Windermere, UK: Population trends associated with eutrophication, climate change and increased abundance of roach (Rutilus rutilus)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Winfield, Ian J ^a   Fletcher, Janice M ^a   James, J Ben ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fisheries; Hydroacoustics; Invasive species; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYPRINID; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY SURVEY; GILLNET; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WINDERMERE;

CYPRINIDAE; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 51049121387     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9235-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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