Predation by longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) on the mysid Neomysis mercedis in Lake Washington

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-304

  Chigbu, P ^a,b   Sibley, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

MYSIDACEA; NEOMYSIS MERCEDIS; SPIRINCHUS THALEICHTHYS;

EID: 0031661392     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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