Quantifying predation on galaxiids and other native organisms by introduced rainbow trout in an ultraoligotrophic lake in northern Patagonia, Argentina: A bioenergetics modeling approach

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1405-1419

  Vigliano, Pablo H ^a   Beauchamp, David A ^b   Milano, Daniela ^a   Denegri, María A ^a   Macchi, Patricio J ^a   Alonso, Marcelo F ^c   Asorey, Martín I García ^a   Ciancio, Javier E ^d   Lippolt, Gustavo ^a   Rechencq, Magali ^a   Barriga, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RESPONSE; HATCHERY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOCKING DENSITY; TELEOST;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 77958059298     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-067.1     Document Type: Article

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