Interactions between juvenile roach or perch and their invertebrate prey in littoral reed versus open water enclosures

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-160

  Okun, Nils ^a,b   Mehner, T ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Diel horizontal migrations; Foraging efficiency; Perch; Phragmites; Predator prey interactions; Prey availability; Roach; Structural complexity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FISH; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; OPEN WATER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REEDBED;

INVERTEBRATA; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 19344363700     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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