Activity and food choice of piscivorous perch (Perca fluviatilis) in a eutrophic shallow lake: A radio-telemetry study

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2370-2379

  Jacobsen, Lene ^a   Berg, Søren ^a   Broberg, Mads ^a   Jepsen, Niels ^a   Skov, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fish activity; Fish behaviour; Food choice; Perch; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOMANIPULATION; DIEL VARIATION; FOOD SELECTION; FOOD WEB; PERCID; PISCIVORE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

DENMARK;

INVERTEBRATA; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036898468     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.01005.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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