Interactions among three top-level predators in a polymictic great plains reservoir

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 268-278

  Olson, Nathan W ^a,c   Guy, Christopher S ^a   Koupal, Keith D ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Kearney   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PREDATOR; RESERVOIR; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREAT PLAINS; HARLAN COUNTY LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; MORONE; MORONE CHRYSOPS; PISCES; SANDER VITREUS;

EID: 34147154149     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-180.1     Document Type: Article

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