Effects of Forest Fire on Young-of-the-year Northern Pike, Esox lucius, in the Northwest Territories

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Cott, Peter A., Zajdlik, Barry A., Bourassa, Kelly J., Lange, Marc, Gordon, Andrew M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2010
• Subjects: Northern Pike; Esox lucius; Northwest Territories; spawning and rearing habitat; prey; forest fire; boreal forest; oligotrophic lake; Brochet; Tibbitt Lake; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1046; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v124i2.1046

In 1998, a forest fire burned 58% of the forested shoreline surrounding Tibbitt Lake, Northwest Territories, including riparian vegetation used by Northern Pike (Esox lucius) as spawning habitat. This presented an opportunity to investigate the effects that habitat disturbance from a natural forest...