Food and feeding behaviour of a planktivorous cyprinid, Pelecus cultratus (L.), in a shallow eutrophic lake, Neusiedler See (Austria)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-77

  Liu, Zhengwen ^a,b   Herzig, Alois ^a  

^a Biological Station Neusiedlersee   (Austria)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

fish predation; food; Pelecus cultratus; prey visibility; selectivity; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

PELECUS CULTRATUS; ARCTODIAPTOMUS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DIAPHANOSOMA; LEPTODORA;

DIET; EUTROPHIC LAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR;

AUSTRIA, NEUSIEDLER SEE;

EID: 0030439057     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00017569     Document Type: Article

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