Diet of invasive adult white perch (Morone americana) and their effects on the zooplankton community in Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-494

  Couture, Sam C ^a   Watzin, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Diet composition; Morone americana; Trophic cascade; White perch

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS; DAPHNIA; MORONE AMERICANA; PLANKTON COMMUNITIES; TROPHIC CASCADES; WHITE PERCH; ZOOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

LAKES;

CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET; FISH; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANKTIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

MISSISQUOI BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; MORONE AMERICANA;

EID: 53649087678     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[485:DOIAWP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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