Flathead catfish habitat use and predation on a stunted white perch population in branched oak reservoir, nebraska

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 605-613

  Vrtiska, Larry A ^a   Peters, Edward J ^a   Porath, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Nebraska Game and Parks Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT USE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

BRANCHED OAK RESERVOIR; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; CATFISH; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MORONE; MORONE AMERICANA; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0346398511     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2003.9664002     Document Type: Article

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