Shifts in the diets of slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in Lake Ontario following the collapse of the burrowing amphipod Diporeia

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-323

  Owens, Randall W ^a   Dittman, Dawn E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Dreissena

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; COTTIDAE; COTTUS COGNATUS; DIPOREIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EQUUS QUAGGA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MYSIS; OSTRACODA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142091627     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980301487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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