Diet and feeding habits of predatory fishes upstream and downstream of a low-level weir

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 879-894

  Baumgartner, L J ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Diet overlap; Migration; Percichthyids; Stomach flushing; Weirs

Indexed keywords

MACCULLOCHELLA MACQUARIENSIS; MACCULLOCHELLA PEELII PEELII; MACQUARIA AMBIGUA; PERCICHTHYIDAE; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33847236232     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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