Prey community responses to bluegill and gizzard shad foraging: Implications for growth of juvenile largemouth bass

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1091-1102

  Aday, D Derek ^a,b   Shoup, Daniel E ^a,c   Neviackas, Justin A ^a   Kline, Jeffrey L ^a,d   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; HYDROPHILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 27144552260     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-073.1     Document Type: Article

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