A comparative study on the feeding of eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), bream, Abramis brama (L.) and ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus (L.) in Lake Vortsjarv, Estonia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 408-409, Issue , 1999, Pages 65-72

  Kangur, Külli ^a   Kangur, Andu ^a   Kangur, Peeter ^a  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bream; Eel; Feeding; Lake Vortsjarv; Ruffe

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP;

ESTONIA; LAKE VORTSJARV;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; EINFELDIA CARBONARIA; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; MICROCHIRONOMUS TENER; PROCLADIUS;

EID: 4244060228     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2986-4_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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