A review of predation impact by 0+ fish on zooplankton in fresh and brackish waters of the temperate northern hemisphere

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 169-181

  Mehner, Thomas ^a   Thiel, Ralf ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

0+ fish feeding; Morphology; Ontogenetic development; Physiology; Trophic interactions; Zooplankton dynamics

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0032879372     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007532720226     Document Type: Article

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