Food web changes over fourteen years following introduction of rainbow smelt into a colorado reservoir

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 629-642

  Johnson, Brett M ^a   Goettl, John P ^b,c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; UNITED STATES;

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESERVOIR;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

CHRYSOPS; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; GASTEROSTEIFORMES; MORONE CHRYSOPS; MORONE SAXATILIS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PULEX; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032707219     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0629:FWCOFY>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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