Trophic niche and foodweb dynamics within and among juvenile salmon species in years of contrasting ocean conditions

• Main Author: Jenkins, Erica
• Other Authors: Mazumder, Asit, Trudel, Marc
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Trophic; Niche; isotope; Pacific salmon; juvenile pink salmon; juvenile chum salmon; foodweb dynamics; Keta; Pacific; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3582

The ecological niche of a population is dynamic and will be affected by changes in the ecosystem and as a population migrates. An ontogenetic niche shift can also occur as organisms grow and can include changes in morphology, habitat, and feeding behaviour. Although they are the two most abundant sa...