Diel and seasonal patterns of food intake and prey selection by Coregonus sp. in re-oligotrophicated Lake Lucerne, Switzerland

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 443-457

  Mookerji, N ^a,b   Heller, C ^a   Meng, H J ^a   Burgi H R ^a   Muller R ^a  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coregonus; Decreasing trophic state; Diel vertical migration; Feeding ecology; Pelagic food chain; Prey selection; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DIEL VRTICAL MIGRATION; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; PREY SELECTION; SEASONALITY;

SWITZERLAND, LAKE LUCERNE;

BOSMINA; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; COREGONUS; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 0032032928     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0587     Document Type: Article

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