Trophic status and rearing capacity of smaller sockeye nursery lakes in the Skeena River system
environmental surveys, nursery ponds, Productivity, Rearing Capacity, trophic levelsAbstract The Skeena River system has one large sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) nursery lake (Babine Lake) and approximately 26 smaller lakes. In this study, we investigated 10 of the larger non-Babine nursery lakes in the system. We examined lake…