Predation of northern pike (Esox lucius L.) eggs: A possible cause of regionally poor recruitment in the Baltic Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 553, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Nilsson, Jonas ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Egg loss; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Numerical response; Predator prey interactions; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COASTAL ZONES; FISHERIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN HABITATS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

EGG LOSS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; SPAWNING;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COASTAL WATER; EGG PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT; SPAWNING; STREAM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BLEKINGE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; KALMARSUND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ALGAE; ESOX LUCIUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PISCES;

EID: 28444446730     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1949-8     Document Type: Article

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