Evidence for zooplankton compensation and reduced fish growth in response to increased juvenile fish density

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 400, Issue , 1999, Pages 115-121

  Dettmers, John M ^a   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Density dependent growth; Gizzard shad; Predation; Trophic interactions; Zooplanktivory

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GROWTH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PREDATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM;

EID: 0033560456     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003767331606     Document Type: Article

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