Feeding guilds and food resource partitioning in a lake fish assemblage: An ontogenetic approach

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 247-267

  Specziar A ^a   Rezsu, E T ^b  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diet partitioning; Lake Balaton; Ontogenetic diet shift; Size dependent interactions; Trophic guild

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER;

ASPIUS ASPIUS; PISCES; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 68949159733     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02283.x     Document Type: Article

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