Response of yellow perch diet to a changing forage base in Southern Lake Michigan, 1984-2002

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 806-816

  Truemper, Holly A ^a   Lauer, Thomas E ^a   McComish, Thomas S ^a   Edgell, Rod A ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Bythotrephes; Fish diet; Lake Michigan; Perca flavescens; Round goby

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; MUSCLE;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BYTHOTREPHES; FISH DIET; FISH SPECIES; PERCA FLAVESCENS; ZOOPLANKTON;

NUTRITION;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DIET; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY PREFERENCE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; BYTHOTREPHES; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CLADOCERA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA; NEOGOBIUS; NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PERCA FLAVESCENS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33845926889     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[806:ROYPDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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