Consumption of two exotic zooplankton by alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in three Laurentian Great Lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1314-1328

  Storch, Adam J ^a,d   Schulz, Kimberly L ^a   Cáceres, Carla E ^b   Smyntek, Peter M ^a   Dettmers, John M ^c,e   Teece, Mark A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINFISH; FOOD SELECTION; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PISCES;

EID: 36248984991     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-096     Document Type: Article

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