Whole-lake influences of littoral structural complexity and prey body morphology on fish predator-prey interactions

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Sass, G G ^a   Gille, C M ^a   Hinke, J T ^a   Kitchell, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody habitat; Fish; Macrophytes; Predation risk; Predator prey interactions; Prey morphology

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 33746960186     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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