Stream salmonids as opportunistic foragers: The importance of terrestrial invertebrates along a stream-size gradient

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2146-2156

  Syrjanen J ^a   Korsu, K ^b   Louhi, P ^b   Paavola, R ^b   Muotka, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMWATER;

FINLAND;

EID: 82955177087     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-118     Document Type: Article

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