Direct and indirect effects of gizzard shad on bluegill growth and population size structure

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-56

  Aday, D Derek ^a,b   Hoxmeier, R John H ^a,b   Wahl, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0037243771     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2003)132<0047:DAIEOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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