A method for determining stomach fullness for planktivorous fishes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 932-935

  Phelps, Quinton E ^a,b   Powell, Kipp A ^a   Chipps, Steven R ^a   Willis, David W ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DETECTION METHOD; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; PERCID; PLANKTIVORY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PISCES;

EID: 36649038037     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-066.1     Document Type: Article

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