Prey consumption rates and growth of piscivorous brown trout in a subarctic watercourse

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 838-848

  Jensen, H ^a,b   Amundsen, P A ^a   Elliott, J M ^c   Bohn T ^a,d   Aspholm, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Tromsö   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coregonus spp.; Feeding; Piscivory; Salmo trutta; Vendace; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH; PISCIVORY; SALMONID;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS ALBULA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 33644685673     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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