Ontogenetic niche shifts and resource partitioning in a subarctic piscivore fish guild

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 497, Issue , 2003, Pages 109-119

  Amundsen, Per Arne ^a   Bøhn, Thomas ^a   Popova, Olga A ^b   Staldvik, Frode J ^a   Reshetnikov, Yuri S ^b   Kashulin, Nikolay A ^c   Lukin, Anatoly A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Burbot; Feeding ecology; Fish community; Food web complexity; Perch; Pike

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; NUTRITION; OCEAN HABITATS;

FOOD WEBS;

FISHERIES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; GUILD STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY;

NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; INVERTEBRATA; LOTA LOTA; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 0242486455     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025465705717     Document Type: Article

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