Size-specific interactions in lake systems: Predator gape limitation and prey growth rate and mortality

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 900-911

  Persson, Lennart ^a   Andersson, Jens ^a   Wahlström, Eva ^a   Eklöv, Peter ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Esox lucius; Food resource use; Gape limitation; Growth rates; Habitat selection; Indirect behavioral effects; Intraspecific competition; Numerical effects; Perca fluviatilis; Perch; Pike; Piscivory; Whole lakes; Zooplankton size structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000132992     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265510     Document Type: Article

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