Lake whitefish feeding habits and condition in Lake Michigan

Advances in Limnology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 399-415

  Fagan, Kelly Anne ^a   Koops, Marten A ^b   Arts, Michael T ^c   Sutton, Trent M ^d   Power, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Michigan; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIPID; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 84885851566     PISSN: 1612166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/advlim/63/2012/399     Document Type: Article

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