Competition between larval lake herring (Coregonus artedi) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) for zooplankton

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1140-1148

  Davis, Bruce M ^a   Todd, Thomas N ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; ZOOPLANKTON;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOSMINA; CLADOCERA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; COPEPODA; COREGONUS ARTEDI; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; DAPHNIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031741603     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-004     Document Type: Article

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