Effects of predation and intraspecific interactions on habitat use and foraging by brown trout in artificial streams

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-26

  Greenberg, L A ^a   Bergman, E ^a   Eklov A G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size; Brown trout; Esox lucius; Foraging; Gammarus pulex; Habitat use; Intraspecific interactions; Pike; Salmo trutta

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

BROWN TROUT; FORAGING; HABITAT USE; NORTHERN PIKE; PREDATION RISK;

EID: 0031415802     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1997.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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