Occurrence and food habits of the round goby in the profundal zone of southwestern Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Walsh, Maureen G ^a   Dittman, Dawn E ^a   O'Gorman, Robert ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic; Food web; Great Lakes; Invasive; Mysis; Neogobius melanostomus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FISH; LAKES;

FOOD WEB; GREAT LAKES; MYSIS; NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DEPTH; FOOD PREFERENCE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DREISSENA; DREISSENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MYSIS; MYSIS RELICTA; NEOGOBIUS; OSTRACODA;

EID: 34247226109     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[83:OAFHOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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