Density-dependent diet composition of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-392

  Martinussen, Pål A ^a   Robertsen, Grethe ^a   Einum, Sigurd ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Filter feeding; Intraspecific competition; Selectivity; Shadow competition; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79961014013     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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