Diet of burbot in Green Bay and Western Lake Michigan with comparison to other waters

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Fratt, Thomas W ^a   Coble, Daniel W ^b   Copes, Fred ^b   Bruesewitz, Richard E ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Burbot; diet; Lake Michigan; Lota lota

Indexed keywords

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ASTACOIDEA; CATOSTOMIDAE; CATOSTOMUS; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; COREGONUS HOYI; COTTIDAE; COTTUS; INVERTEBRATA; LOTA LOTA; MYOXOCEPHALUS THOMPSONI; MYOXOCEPHALUS THOMPSONII; MYSIS RELICTA; ONCORHYNCHUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PONTOPOREIA HOYI; SALMO; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; PONTOPOREIA;

BURBOT; DIET;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE MICHIGAN; USA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE MICHIGAN, GREEN BAY;

EID: 0030614046     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(97)70880-3     Document Type: Article

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