Does trophic position of the omnivorous signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a stream food web vary with life history stage or density?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2632-2639

  Bondar, Carin A ^a   Bottriell, K ^a,b   Zeron, K ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FOOD SELECTION; ONTOGENY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ASTACOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 31144451060     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-167     Document Type: Article

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