Does the zooplankton prey availability limit the larval habitats of pike in the Baltic Sea?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-156

  Kallasvuo, Meri ^a,b   Salonen, Maiju ^b   Lappalainen, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Cyclopoida; Esox lucius; larval fish; reed; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BREEDING SITE; CRUSTACEAN; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEDBED; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEAWEED; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; ESOX LUCIUS; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 72149112188     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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