The Lake Huron pelagic fish community: Persistent spatial pattern along biomass and species composition gradients

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1199-1215

  Warner, David M ^a   Schaeffer, Jeffrey S ^a   O'Brien, Timothy P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CHANNEL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

COREGONUS HOYI; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 70349547199     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-072     Document Type: Article

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