A new optimal foraging model predicts habitat use by drift-feeding stream minnows

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-10

  Grossman, G D ^a   Rincon, P A ^a   Farr, M D ^c   Ratajczak Jr , R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Focal point velocity; Foraging success; IFIM; Interspecific competition; Microhabitat; Optimization; Stream fishes; TMDL

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; STREAM;

CYPRINIFORMES; LUXILUS COCCOGENIS; NOTROPIS LEUCIODUS; PISCES;

EID: 0036127138     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2002.110102.x     Document Type: Article

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