Piscivory and trophic position of Anguilla anguilla in two lakes: Importance of macrozoobenthos density

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2115-2131

  Dorner H ^a,b   Skov, C ^c   Berg, S ^c   Schulze, T ^a,d   Beare, D J ^b,e   Van Der Velde, G ^f,g  

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

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^g NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fish; Lakes; Predation; Prey; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; DIET; EEL; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENMARK; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GERMANY; INSECTS; LARVA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; PISCES;

EID: 68349144299     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02289.x     Document Type: Article

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