Gape limitation, prey size refuges and the top-down impacts of piscivorous largemouth bass in shallow pond ecosystems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 357-369

  Nowlin, Weston H ^a,b   Drenner, Ray W ^a   Guckenberger, Kirk R ^a   Lauden, Mark A ^a   Alonso, G Todd ^a   Fennell, Joseph E ^a   Smith, Judson L ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthivorous fish; Largemouth bass; Piscivore; Prey refuge; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; NUTRITION; RIVERS; TURBIDITY;

BENTHIVOROUS FISH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; PISCIVORE; PREY REFUGE; TROPHIC CASCADE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BENTHIVORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PISCIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DOROSOMATINAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 33646699812     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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