Gizzard shad put a freeze on winter mortality of age-0 yellow perch but not white perch

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1487-1501

  Fitzgerald, Dean G ^a,b   Forney, John L ^a   Rudstam, Lars G ^a   Irwin, Brian J ^a   Vandevalk, Anthony J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b EcoMetrix Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort dynamics; Dorosoma cepediurum; Gizzard shad; Long term; Morone americana; Nonnative species; Perca flavescens; Sander vitreus; Starvation model; Walleye; White perch; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; JUVENILE; LAKE WATER; LIMNOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEASONALITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WINTER;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONEIDA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; MORONE AMERICANA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PISCES; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 33747099246     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1487:GSPAFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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