Selective predation by four darter (Percidae) species on larval chironomids (Diptera) from a Mississippi stream

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-364

  Alford, John B ^a,b   Beckett, David C ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b North Mississippi Regional Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Foraging mode; Niche breadth; Prey selection; Proportional similarity

Indexed keywords

FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; NICHE BREADTH; PERCID; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SPECIALIST; STREAM; SYMPATRY;

BEAVERDAM CREEK; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANHINGIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; ETHEOSTOMA LYNCEUM; PERCIDAE; PERCINA NIGROFASCIATA;

EID: 33947509570     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9159-4     Document Type: Article

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