Trophic ecology of a nonnative population of suckermouth catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus) in a central Texas spring-fed stream

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-285

  Pound, Katrina L ^a,b   Nowlin, Weston H ^a   Huffman, David G ^a   Bonner, Timothy H ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarium releases; Biological invasion; Endangered species management; Herbivory; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DETRITUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; HYPOSTOMUS; HYPOSTOMUS PLECOSTOMUS; LORICARIIDAE; PISCES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 79952039239     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9741-7     Document Type: Article

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