Observations of silver carp (hypophthalmichthys molitrix) planktivory in a floodplain lake of the lower mississippi river basin

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-93

  Pongruktham, Orathai ^a   Ochs, Clifford ^a   Hoover, Jan Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYPRINID; DIATOM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTIVORY; RIVER BASIN; STOMACH CONTENT; WATER COLUMN; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYPRINIDAE; EUGLENIDA; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS MOLITRIX; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; PISCES; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77949375199     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2010.9664361     Document Type: Article

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