Declining lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) energy density: Are there too many salmonid predators in the Great Lakes?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 919-932

  Paterson, Gordon ^a,c   Whittle, D Michael ^b   Drouillard, Kenneth G ^a   Haffner, G Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMONITORING; BODY MASS; GROWTH MODELING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; SALMONID; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURON; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 67650306428     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-048     Document Type: Article

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