Seasonal patterns of terrestrial and aquatic prey abundance and use by Oncorhynchus mykiss in a California coastal basin with a Mediterranean climate

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-480

  Rundio, David E ^a   Lindley, Steven T ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; ISOPOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIG SUR; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 43449110731     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-076.1     Document Type: Article

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