Is ecological segregation in a pair of sympatric coregonines supported by divergent feeding efficiencies?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2105-2113

  Ohlberger, Jan ^a   Mehner, Thomas ^a   Staaks, Georg ^a   Hölker, Franz ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTIVORE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

BRANDENBURG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; STECHLINSEE;

COREGONUS ALBULA; COREGONUS ARTEDI; COREGONUS FONTANAE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PISCES;

EID: 54249110477     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-120     Document Type: Article

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