Dietary breadth and trophic position of introduced European catfish Silurus glanis in the River Tarn (Garonne River basin), Southwest France

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-144

  Syvaranta J ^a,c   Cucherousset, J ^a,d   Kopp, D ^a,e   Crivelli, A ^b   Cereghino R ^a   Santoul, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Fin clips; Food web; Introduced species; River; Stable isotopes; Top predator

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; SILURUS GLANIS;

EID: 74349098355     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00220     Document Type: Article

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