Performance of temperature and dissolved oxygen criteria to predict habitat use by lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2011-2023

  Plumb, John M ^a,b,c   Blanchfield, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HABITAT USE; SALMONID; STRATIFICATION; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 70350540227     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-129     Document Type: Article

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