Changes in fish condition and mercury vary by region, not Bythotrephes invasion: A result of climate change?

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 471-482

  Rennie, Michael D ^a   Sprules, W Gary ^b   Vaillancourt, André ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD CHAIN; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BYTHOTREPHES; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CLUPEIDAE; COREGONUS ARTEDI; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77955239597     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06160.x     Document Type: Article

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