Spatio-temporal trends in the food habits of age-0 lake whitefish

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 66-72

  Claramunt, Randall M ^a   Muir, Andrew M ^b,c   Johnson, Jeremiah ^a   Sutton, Trent M ^b,d  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Food habits diet; Food web; Growth; Lake whitefish

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUTRITION;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; FOOD HABIT; FOOD WEBS; LAKE WHITEFISH; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; ONTOGENETIC DIET SHIFTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS;

LAKES;

CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD WEB; JUVENILE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ONTOGENY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT; SURVIVAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIOR;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953741227     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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