Temperature, salinity and prey availability shape the marine migration of Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, in a macrotidal estuary

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1633-1646

  Spares, Aaron D ^a   Stokesbury, Michael J W ^b   O'Dor, Ron K ^a   Dick, Terry A ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TOLERANCE; DIGESTION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; SALMONID; STOMACH CONTENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACKING; WATER COLUMN;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; FROBISHER BAY; NUNAVUT;

PISCES; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 84864386013     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1949-y     Document Type: Article

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