Piscivory and prey selection of four predator species in a whitefish dominated subarctic lake

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 659-672

  Kahilainen, K ^a   Lehtonen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Piscivory; Predator; Prey selection; Whitefish forms

Indexed keywords

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PISCIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SUBARCTIC REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; LOTA LOTA; PISCES; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 1442315400     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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