Predation on exotic zebra mussels by native fishes: Effects on predator and prey

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1908-1918

  Magoulick, Daniel D ^a   Lewis, Lindsey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Arkansas Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue catfish; Energy content; Predator prey interactions; Prey shifts; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

FISH; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

ALECTIS CILIARIS; APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS; AVES; BIVALVIA; CATFISH; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMA PETENENSE; DOROSOMATINAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; FRAXINUS; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS FURCATUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS; MICROLOPHUS; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036795706     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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