Historical and contemporary trophic niche partitioning among Laurentian Great Lakes coregonines

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 888-896

  Schmidt, Stephanie N ^a,c   Harvey, Chris J ^b   Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciscoes; Deepwater coregonines; Food webs; Great Lakes; Preserved specimens; Stable isotopes; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FISH; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NICHE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONIFORMES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT LAKES REGION; SALMONIFORMES;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

COREGONUS;

EID: 79955486908     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0906.1     Document Type: Article

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