Identification of critical prey items to Appalachian brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) with emphasis on terrestrial organisms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 259-270

  Utz, Ryan M ^a,b   Hartman, Kyle J ^a  

^a Forestry and Consumer Sciences   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Brook trout; Feeding ecology; Prey; Terrestrial input

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; FISHERIES; METABOLISM;

BROOK TROUT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PREY; TERRESTRIAL INPUT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; SEASONALITY;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ASTACOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845412858     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0372-0     Document Type: Article

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