Largemouth bass diets in two aquatic plant communities

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 74-78

  Dibble, Eric D ^a   Harrel, S L ^a  

^a Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries ^*

Author keywords

Fish; Foraging; Invertebrates; Micropterus salmoides; Myriophyllum spicatum; Plant architecture; Potamogeton nodosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031190816     PISSN: 01466623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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