The ecology of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Canadian arctic lakes

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-150

  Hardie, David C ^a,b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cannibalism; Condition factor comparisons; Diet comparisons; Growth comparisons; Landlocked Atlantic cod; Meromictic lakes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOCHTHON; CANNIBALISM; DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; LIMNOLOGY; MEROMICTIC LAKE; PREY AVAILABILITY; TELEOST;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

ECHINOIDEA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 79958132663     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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