Anadromy in Arctic populations of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush): Otolith microchemistry, stable isotopes, and comparisons with Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 842-853

  Swanson, Heidi K ^a,d   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Babaluk, John A ^b   Wastle, Rick J ^b   Yang, Panseok P ^c   Halden, Norman M ^c   Reist, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; BRACKISH WATER; CARBON; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NITROGEN; OTOLITH; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 77951769086     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-022     Document Type: Article

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