Stable isotope-based determinations of the average temperatures experienced by young-of-the-year Svalbard Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.))

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-596

  Godiksen, J A ^a,b   Svenning, M A ^a,b   Sinnatamby, R N ^c   Dempson, J B ^d   Borgstrom R ^e   Power, M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Oxygen isotopes; Salvelinus alpinus; Svalbard; Thermal habitat; Young of the year growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HATCHING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; OTOLITH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 79952704097     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0907-8     Document Type: Article

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