Do native predators feed on non-native prey? The case of round goby in a fluvial piscivorous fish assemblage

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 618-624

  Reyjol, Yorick ^a,b   Brodeur, Philippe ^a   Mailhot, Yves ^a   Mingelbier, Marc ^a   Dumont, Pierre ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b ONEMA   (France)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Predator prey relationships; Round goby

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FEATURES; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; CHANNEL CATFISH; COMPETING MODELS; FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCES; GREAT LAKES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROPTERUS; NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS; NON-NATIVE; PHYSICAL HABITAT; PISCIVOROUS FISH; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; ROUND GOBY; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; YELLOW PERCH;

ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MAMMALS; MODELS; SANDERS;

FISH;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

CANADA; LAC SAINT PIERRE; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; COTTUS GOBIO; ESOX LUCIUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIFORMES; SANDER CANADENSIS; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION CANADENSE; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 78649445370     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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