Hunting behavior of Florida largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides floridanus, in a channelized river

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-87

  Annett, Cynthia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Community dynamics; Exotic species; Fishes; Habitat use; Landscape; Parental care; Patch dynamics; Predation; Sunfish

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUNTING; PREDATOR;

UNITED STATES;

LEPOMIS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; TILAPIA MARIAE;

EID: 0031659459     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007419902535     Document Type: Article

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