The nutritional value of organic detrital aggregate in the diet of fathead minnows

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-453

  Lemke, Michael J ^a,b   Bowen, Stephen H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITUS; DIET; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIC MATTER;

USA, MICHIGAN, HOUGHTON COUNTY, CLEAR LAKE;

ARTEMIA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0031978421     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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