Diversity in habitat use and trophic ecology of brook trout in lake superior and tributary streams revealed through stable isotopes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-953

  Robillard, Melissa M ^a   McLaughlin, Robert L ^a   Mackereth, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GENERALIST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; HOST RANGE; SPAWNING; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84871402350     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.601219     Document Type: Article

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