Predation by native sunfishes (Centrarchidae) on the invasive crayfish Orconectes rusticus in four northern Wisconsin lakes

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-143

  Tetzlaff, J C ^a   Roth, B M ^b   Weidel, B C ^c   Kitchell, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Lepomis; Nonnative; Predation; Rusty crayfish

Indexed keywords

AMBLOPLITES; ASTACOIDEA; CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS;

EID: 79951496240     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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