Fork lengths, stomach contents and parasites of ninespine stickleback and arctic char in Iqalugaajuruluit Lake, Canada

• Main Authors: Gallagher, Colin P, Dick, Terry A
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Biological sample; BIOS; Frobisher Bay; Baffin Island; Canada; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Iqalugaajuruluit Lake; Lake_Iqalugaaj; Baffin; International Polar Year; Salvelinus alpinus; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.810090; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810090

Stable d13C and d15N isotopes, diet and parasites demonstrated that the prey consumed by ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius in a small lake on Baffin Island changed during the summer and also revealed intraspecific variation in their ecological niche. In July, there were differences in the di...