Year-class strength and feeding ecology of age-0 and age-1 paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in Fort Peck Lake, Montana, USA

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 18, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 601-607

  Kozfkay, Joseph R ^a   Scarnecchia, Dennis L ^b  

^a Idaho Department of Lands   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; LEPTODORA KINDTII; POLYODON SPATHULA; SPATHULA;

EID: 0036968095     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2002.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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