Planktivory and diet-overlap of densely rakered whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) in a subarctic lake

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-58

  Kahilainen, Kimmo ^a   Alajarvi E ^a   Lehtonen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age group; Diet; Diet overlap; Gillraker; Whitefish form; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY SIZE; DIETARY OVERLAP; HABITAT USE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANKTIVORY; POLYMORPHISM; SALMONID;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAKE MUDDUSJARVI; LAPPI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

BOSMINA; CALANOIDA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 14344257719     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2004.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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