Effects of predation by nonnative smallmouth bass on native salmonid prey: The role of predator and prey size

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 853-860

  Fritts, Anthony L ^a   Pearsons, Todd N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; SALMONID;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PERCIFORMES; PTYCHOCHEILUS OREGONENSIS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33845677690     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-014.1     Document Type: Article

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