Polar light regime and piscivory govern diel vertical migrations of planktivorous fish and zooplankton in a subarctic lake

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-490

  Kahilainen, K K ^a   Malinen, T ^a   Lehtonen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Diet; Habitat; Predation; Trophic interactions; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

COREGONUS LAVARETUS; INVERTEBRATA; SALMO TRUTTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68949110077     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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