Limnology and Fish Ecology of Sockeye Salmon Nursery Lakes of the World

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Hartman, W. L., Burgner, R. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: General Medicine; Arctic; Pacific; Sockeye; Varden; Babine Lake; Kamchatka; Pygmy whitefish; Zooplankton; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f72-116; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f72-116

Many important, recently glaciated oligotrophic lakes that lie in coastal regions around the northern rim of the Pacific Ocean produce anadromous populations of sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. This paper describes the limnology and fish ecology of two such lakes in British Columbia, five in Alas...