Direct exploitation of prey on an inundated floodplain by cherryfin shiners (Lythrurus roseipinnis) in a low order, blackwater stream

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 635-645

  O'Connell, Martin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

ACARIFORMES; ANOMOPODA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTHRURUS ROSEIPINNIS; PISCES; RIPARIA;

EID: 0141792572     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0635:DEOPOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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