Seasonal and diel habitat selection by bluegills in a shallow natural lake

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1131-1139

  Paukert, Craig P ^a,b   Teel, David W ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; PREDATION;

UNITED STATES;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0036852574     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<1131:SADHSB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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