Linking bluegill and gizzard shad prey assemblages to growth of age-0 largemouth bass in reservoirs

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-83

  Garvey, James E ^a,b   Stein, Roy A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGE,MENT; GROWTH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT; RESERVOIR;

AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031918768     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0070:LBAGSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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