Ontogenetic niche shifts in largemouth bass: Variability and consequences for first-year growth

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 179-180

  Olson, Mark H ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; Lepomis macrochirus; Michigan; Micropterus salmoides; Piscivory; Size structured predation; Stage structure; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

DIETARY SHIFT; GROWTH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; NICHE; YOUNG-OF-YEAR FISH;

USA, MICHIGAN;

EID: 0030404077     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265667     Document Type: Article

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