Consequences of vegetation density and prey species on spotted gar foraging

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 794-800

  Ostrand, Kenneth G ^a   Braeutigam, Ben J ^a   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

LEPISOSTEIDAE; LEPISOSTEUS; LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 2942532714     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-111.1     Document Type: Article

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