Fish size and prey availability affect growth, survival, prey selection, and foraging behavior of larval yellow perch

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 504-514

  Graeb, Brian D S ^a,b   Dettmers, John M ^a   Wahl, David H ^a   Cáceres, Carla E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; PERCID; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

COPEPODA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942530931     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-050.1     Document Type: Article

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