Activity, aggression, and habitat use of ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) and round goby (Apollonia melanostoma) under laboratory conditions

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-334

  Savino, Jacqueline F ^a   Riley, Stephen C ^a   Holuszko, Melissa J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Competition; Exotic species; Invasive; Round goby; Ruffe

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROCKS;

COLONIZATION DYNAMICS; EXOTIC SPECIES; ROUND GOBIES; RUFFE;

FISH;

AGGRESSION; COLONIZATION; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; PERCIFORM; SYMPATRY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

APOLLONIA; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; GOBIIDAE; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; MELANOSTOMA; NEOGOBIUS;

EID: 34547119073     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[326:AAAHUO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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