Using bioenergetics and stable isotopes to assess the trophic role of rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) in lake littoral zones

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-344

  Roth, Brian M ^a,b   Hein, Catherine L ^a,c   Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CRAYFISH; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ASTACOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS;

EID: 33645119084     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-217     Document Type: Article

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