The feeding behaviour of large perch Perca fluviatilis (L.) in relation to food availability: A comparative study

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 506-509, Issue , 2003, Pages 427-434

  Dörner, Hendrik ^a,b   Berg, Søren ^c   Jacobsen, Lene ^c   Hülsmann, Stephan ^a,d   Brojerg, Mads ^c   Wagner, Annekatrin ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age 0 fish; Biomanipulation; Invertebrates; Piscivory; Predation; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FOOD AVAILABILITY; PERCH;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMANIPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INSECTIVORY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PERCID; PISCIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE;

BAUTZEN RESERVOIR; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SAXONY; SCANDINAVIA;

CHIRONOMINAE; INVERTEBRATA; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346801821     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008608.22869.99     Document Type: Conference Paper

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