Interactions between slimy sculpin and trout: Slimy sculpin growth and diet in relation to native and nonnative trout

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1791-1800

  Zimmerman, Julie K H ^a,b   Vondracek, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RIFFLE; SALMONID;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY CREEK [MINNESOTA];

COTTUS COGNATUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 38349016999     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-020.1     Document Type: Article

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