The bioenergetics of density-dependent growth in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1651-1662

  Guénard, Guillaume ^a   Boisclair, Daniel ^a   Ugedal, Ola ^b   Forseth, Torbjørn ^b   Fleming, Ian A ^c   Jonsson, Bror ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84867465679     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-093     Document Type: Article

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