Quantifying importance of marine prey in the diets of two partially anadromous fishes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2020-2028

  Swanson, Heidi K ^a   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Reist, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DIET; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONID;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 80555131917     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-111     Document Type: Article

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