Temperature-growth patterns of individually tagged anadromous Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in Ungava and Labrador, Canada

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-203

  Murdoch, Alyssa ^a   Dempson, J Brian ^b   Martin, Francois ^c   Power, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Climate change; Growth; Productivity; Seasonal; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84924767594     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12133     Document Type: Article

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