Exploring spatial and temporal variation within reservoir food webs: Predictions for fish assemblages

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 104-120

  Garvey, James E ^a   Dingledine, Natalie A ^a   Donovan, Nicholas S ^a   Stein, Roy A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Dorosoma cepedianum; Dorosoma petenense; Fish assemblages; Food webs; Lepomis macrochirus; Limnetic zone; Littoral zone; Micropterus salmoides; Ontogeny; Piscivory; Reservoir ecosystems; Young of year fishes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; FOOD WEB; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESERVOIR; SURVIVAL;

DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMA PETENENSE; LEPORNIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0031929531     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0104:ESATVW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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