Gradient of fish predation alters body size distributions of lake Benthos

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 374-386

  Blumenshine, Steven C ^a,c   Lodge, David M ^a   Hodgson, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic links; Benthos; Body size distribution; Fish bioenergetics; Micropterous; Normalized size spectra; Predation, size selective; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; PREDATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033923229     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0374:gofpab]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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