Energetic gradients in catfish feeding in the lower Mississippi River, USA

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Eggleton, Michael A ^a   Schramm Jr , Harold L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Feeding; Fish; Flood pulse concept; Floodplains; Rivers

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; RIVER;

UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; CATFISH; CLUPEIDAE; HEXAPODA; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS FURCATUS; INSECTA; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PISCES; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 0038817810     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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