Diet and prey selectivity by age-0 brown trout (salmo trutta L.) in different lowland streams of Lithuania

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Ruginis, Tomas ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Feeding; Lowland streams; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELMIDAE; EPHEMERELLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYDROPSYCHE; INVERTEBRATA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 70349246415     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10043-008-0020-1     Document Type: Article

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