Increasing turbidity significantly alters the diet of brown trout: A multi-year longitudinal study

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 376-388

  Stuart Smith, R D ^a   Richardson, A M M ^a   White, R W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daphnia carinata; Feeding; Galaxias auratus; Tasmanian lake; Trophic adaptability

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TURBIDITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE SORELL; TASMANIA;

AFROCHILTONIA; AMPHIPODA; COLUBOTELSON; COLUBOTELSON SP.; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CARINATA; GALAXIAS; GALAXIAS AURATUS; ISOPODA; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 4143112366     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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