Diet overlap between introduced European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) and young brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the lake, Øvre Heimdalsvatn: A result of abundant resources or forced niche overlap?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 642, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Museth, Jon ^a   Borgstrøm, Reidar ^b   Brittain, John E ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Competition; Diet overlap; European minnow; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANT RESOURCES; BROWN TROUT; BROWN TROUTS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; DIETARY OVERLAP; FISH SPECIES; GAMMARUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTORAL ZONE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; OPEN WATER; PREDATION RISK; SALMO TRUTTA;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; NUTRITION;

FISH;

AMPHIPOD; CYPRINID; DIETARY OVERLAP; INSECT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; SYMPATRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORWAY; OPPLAND; OVRE HEIMDALSVATN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRINIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; LEPIDURUS ARCTICUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 77949657103     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0162-6     Document Type: Article

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