Influence of local and landscape scale factors on the presence, relative abundance and characteristics of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in beaver ponds

• Main Author: Parker, Scott Adam
• Other Authors: Mackereth, Robert, Rempel, Rob, Lee, Peter, Leung, Kam
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Brook trout habitat; Beavers Habitat Ontario; Northwestern; Brook trout (Ontario; Northwestern); Mackenzie River; Thunder Bay; Beaver Ponds; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/3680

Study area : Mackenzie River watershed, northeast of Thunder Bay, Northwestern Ontario (drains into Lake Superior) Beaver ponds are a characteristic component of northern Ontario stream ecosystem s and display a great deal of variation through their natural cycle of establishment and abandonment. Po...