Relative importance of temperature, food, and physical structure to habitat choice by smallmouth bass in laboratory experiments

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 274-283

  Bevelhimer, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; METABOLISM; SMALLMOUTH BASS; TEMPERATURE;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU;

EID: 0030321995     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0274:RIOTFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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