Variability in the functional role of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus as it relates to lake ecosystem characteristics

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1361-1376

  Woods, Pamela J ^a,b,c   Skúlason, Skúli ^a   Snorrason, Sigurdur S ^b   Kristjánsson, Bjarni K ^a   Ingimarsson, Finnur ^d   Malmquist, Hilmar J ^d  

^a HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Natural History Museum of Kópavogur   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Consumer; Diet; Lake ecosystem; Piscivory; Prey habitat; Zooplanktivory

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PISCIVORY; PLANKTIVORY; PREY SELECTION; SALMONID; ZOOPLANKTON;

ICELAND;

BIVALVIA; BOSMINA SP.; CHIRONOMIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GASTROPODA; LEPIDURUS ARCTICUS; NOTOSTRACA; PISIDIUM; PISUM SATIVUM; RADIX (GASTROPOD); RADIX PEREGRA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84886306901     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-013-0114-x     Document Type: Article

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