Shifts in the trophic ecology of brook trout resulting from interactions with yellow perch: An intraguild predator-prey interaction

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1109-1122

  Browne, David R ^a,c   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; ONTOGENY; PISCIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE USE; SALMONID; SIZE STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 78650762103     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-113.1     Document Type: Article

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