Dwarfs and cannibals in the Arctic: Production of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) at two trophic levels

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 337-347

  Berg, Ole K ^a   Finstad, Anders G ^b   Olsen, Per H ^a   Arnekleiv, Jo Vegar ^a   Nilssen, Kjell ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Exploitation; Sport fishing harvest

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CHAR; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONSPECIFICS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER FISHES; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; STOCK SIZE; SUB-ARCTIC; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CONSERVATION; FEEDING; FISHERIES; HARVESTING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CANNIBALISM; CATCHABILITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PISCIVORE; SALMONID; SPORT FISHING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

INVERTEBRATA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 77954689754     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0366-9     Document Type: Article

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