Effects of littoral habitat complexity and sunfish composition on fish production

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-476

  Carey, M P ^a,b   Maloney, K O ^a,c   Chipps, S R ^a,d   Wahl, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish production; Food webs; Habitat complexity; Sunfish species

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS;

EID: 77955763381     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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