Seasonal habitat selection by lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in a small Canadian shield lake: Constraints imposed by winter conditions

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 777-787

  Blanchfield, Paul J ^a   Tate, Lori S ^a   Plumb, John M ^b   Acolas, Marie Laure ^c   Beaty, Ken G ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Habitat selection; Ice; Lake trout; Winter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SALMONID; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 70349479576     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9266-3     Document Type: Article

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