Diet and growth of northern pike in the absence of prey fishes: Initial consequences for persisting in disturbance-prone lakes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1512-1522

  Venturelli, Paul A ^a,b   Tonn, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DIET; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PREY AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ERPOBDELLIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 34247613700     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-228.1     Document Type: Article

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