Foraging selectivity by larval yellow perch (Perca flavescens): Implications for understanding recruitment in small and large lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-42

  Fulford, Richard S ^a   Rice, James A ^b   Miller, Thomas J ^c   Binkowski, Fred P ^d   Dettmers, John M ^e   Belonger, Brian ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; PREY SELECTION; RECRUITMENT;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

COPEPODA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33645688079     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-196     Document Type: Article

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