Effect of alewife predation on survival of larval yellow perch in an embayment of Lake Ontario

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1609-1617

  Mason, Doran M ^a   Brandt, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEWIFE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; YELLOW PERCH;

CANADA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ONTARIO;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0030303527     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-076     Document Type: Article

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