A comparison of habitat use and habitat-specific feeding efficiency by Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Fullerton, Aimee H ^a   Lamberti, G A ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Eurasian ruffe; Feeding rates; Great Lakes; Habitat preference; Nonindigenous species; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; INVERTEBRATA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 33745939186     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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