Thermal habitat use and juvenile growth of Svalbard Arctic charr: Evidence from otolith stable oxygen isotope analyses

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-144

  Godiksen, Jane A ^a,b   Power, Michael ^c   Borgstrøm, Reidar ^d   Dempson, J Brian ^e   Svenning, Martin A ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Otolith; Oxygen isotopes; Salvelinus alpinus; Svalbard; Thermal habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555179314     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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