Predation by brown trout (Salmo trutta) along a diversifying prey community gradient

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1831-1841

  Jensen, Hallvard ^a,b   Kahilainen, Kimmo K ^c   Amundsen, Per Arne ^b   Gjelland, Karl Øystein ^b   Tuomaala, Antti ^c   Malinen, Tommi ^c   Bøhn, Thomas ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d University of Tromsö   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; GROWTH RATE; LAKE; ONTOGENY; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SALMONID; SIZE STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

COREGONUS ALBULA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 51849147413     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-096     Document Type: Article

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