Predator-prey interactions between brown trout Salmo trutta and native and introduced amphipods; their implications for fish diets

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 686-696

  MacNeil, Calum ^a,b   Elwood, Robert W ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Chester le st Co   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRANGONYX PSEUDOGRACILIS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS DUEBENI CELTICUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033493029     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00518.x     Document Type: Article

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