Fall diets of red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) and walleye (Sander vitreus) in Sandusky Bay and adjacent waters of western Lake Erie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-161

  Bur, Michael T ^a   Stapanian, Martin A ^a   Bernhardt, Glen ^b   Turner, Mark W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGLING; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIGRATION; PERCID; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; SANDUSKY BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; MERGUS SERRATOR; NOTROPIS ATHERINOIDES; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 39549090655     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[147:FDORMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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