Diet and prey selection of alewives in Lake Michigan: Seasonal, depth, and interannual patterns

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1068-1077

  Pothoven, Steven A ^a   Vanderploeg, Henry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEPTH; DIET; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; BOSMINA; BYTHOTREPHES; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CALANOIDA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; MYSIS; MYSIS RELICTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 6344219982     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-110.1     Document Type: Article

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