Mysid and fish zooplanktivory in Lake Ontario: Quantification of direct and indirect effects

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2734-2747

  Gal, Gideon ^a   Rudstam, Lars G ^b   Mills, Edward L ^b   Lantry, Jana R ^c   Johannsson, Ora E ^d   Greene, Charles H ^e  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CLEARANCE RATE; CRUSTACEAN; FISH; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PLANKTIVORY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; MYSIDA; MYSIS RELICTA; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 33947141353     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-156     Document Type: Article

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