Round goby and mottled sculpin predation on lake trout eggs and fry: Field predictions from laboratory experiments

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-35

  Chotkowski, Michael A ^a   Marsden, J Ellen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake trout; Mottled sculpin egg predation; Round goby

Indexed keywords

LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

EGG PREDATION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SUBSTRATE;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

COTTUS BAIRDI; COTTUS COGNATUS; NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS;

EID: 0032956126     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70714-8     Document Type: Article

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