Foraging and prey selection by bluespotted sunfish enneacanthus gloriosus (holbrook) in backwater, vegetated ponds in coastal mississippi

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-196

  Snyder, Douglas J ^a   Peterson, Mark S ^b  

^a Mississipi Department of Marine Resources   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POND; PREY SELECTION;

UNITED STATES;

ENNEACANTHUS GLORIOSUS;

EID: 0032988022     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1999.9663670     Document Type: Article

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