Feeding habits of largemouth bass in a non-native environment: The case of a small lake with bluegill in Japan

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 379-389

  Azuma, Mikio ^a   Motomura, Yasunari ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyushu Bunka Gakuen Sr High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early appearance of piscivory; Ecological release; Food availability; Food selectivity; Gobiid fishes; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE; PISCIVORY; PLANKTIVORY;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; RHINOGOBIUS GIURINUS; TRIDENTIGER OBSCURUS;

EID: 0031949819     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007476104352     Document Type: Article

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