Planktivory in non-indigenous fish and implications for trophic interactions in a Mediterranean shallow lake

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-280

  Castro, Bruno B ^a   Gonçalves, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alien fish; Gambusia holbrooki; Lepomis gibbosus; Mediterranean shallow lake; Zooplanktivory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANKTIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHALLOW WATER; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PORTUGAL; VELA LAKE;

ALONA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS;

EID: 80051750539     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2011039     Document Type: Article

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