Disproportionate relative importance of a terrestrial beetle family (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) as a prey source for central Appalachian brook trout

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Utz, Ryan M ^a   Ratcliffe, Brett C ^b   Moore, Brett T ^c   Hartman, Kyle J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOENERGETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33847419196     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-057.1     Document Type: Article

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