Addition of round gobies to the prey community of Lake Ontario and potential implications to thiamine status and reproductive success of Lake Trout

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-312

  Fitzsimons, J D ^a   Clark, M ^b   Keir, M ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Predator prey; Restoration; Thiaminase

Indexed keywords

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; NEOGOBIUS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 70449348628     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980903136453     Document Type: Article

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