Fall diets of alewife, rainbow smelt, and slimy sculpin in the profundal zone of southern Lake Ontario during 1994-2005 with an emphasis on occurrence of Mysis relicta

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-376

  Walsh, Maureen G ^a   O'Gorman, Robert ^a   Strang, Theodore ^a   Edwards, William H ^a   Rudstam, Lars G ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Cornell University Biological Field Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bythotrephes longimanus; Cercopagis pengoi; Diporeia; Food web; Great Lakes; Preyfish

Indexed keywords

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; COTTUS COGNATUS; DIPOREIA; MYSIS; MYSIS RELICTA; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PISCES;

EID: 57349182774     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980802516128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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