Sizes of prey consumed by two pelagic predators in US reservoirs: Implications for quantifying biomass of available prey

Fisheries Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-154

  Dennerline, Donald E ^a   Van Den Avyle, Michael J ^b  

^a Georgia Coop Fish Wildl Res U   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Morone; Morone saxatilis; Predator; Prey; Size; Stocking

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DOROSOMA; HYBRID; MODEL; MORONE CHRYSOPS; MORONE SAXATILIS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; FISHERY; PREDATION; PREY SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034056593     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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