Migration supports uneven consumer control in a sewage-enriched river food web

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 737-746

  DeBruyn, Adrian M H ^a,b   McCann, Kevin S ^a   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bioenergetic model; Enrichment; Prey heterogeneity; Trophic control

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; MIGRATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEWAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

CATOSTOMIDAE; CHRISTIA;

EID: 3142746304     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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