Piscivory of 0+ pike (Esox lucius L.) in a small eutrophic lake and its implication for biomanipulation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 506-509, Issue , 2003, Pages 481-487

  Skov, Christian ^a,b   Lousdal, Ole ^a   Johansen, Per H ^a   Berg, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

0+ pike stocking; Antipredator tactics; Esox lucius; Lake restoration; Prey fish; Stomach analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EUTROPHIC LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMANIPULATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PISCIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CYPRINIDAE; ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17744410952     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008609.15451.9d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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