Dietary habits of a large, long-lived endangered Australian percichthyid, the eastern freshwater cod Maccullochella ikei

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-209

  Butler, Gavin L ^a   Wooden, Ian J ^b  

^a PMB 2   (Australia)

^b Narrandera Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Freshwater cod; Gastric lavage; Ontogeny; Optimal forage; Season

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGE; INSECT; MOLLUSC; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; MACCULLOCHELLA IKEI; MOLLUSCA; PERCICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 84859875691     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00406     Document Type: Article

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