Spatial ecology of adult muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) in the urban Ottawa reach of the historic Rideau Canal, Canada

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Gillis, Nathan C ^a   Rapp, Tobias ^b   Hasler, Caleb T ^a   Wachelka, Hedrik ^c   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Muskies Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Esocidae; Home Range; Radio telemetry; Seasonal Behaviour

Indexed keywords

CANAL; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONALITY; TELEOST; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; RIDEAU CANAL;

ESOCIDAE; ESOX MASQUINONGY;

EID: 77954899558     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2010019     Document Type: Article

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