Dietary ontogeny and niche shift to piscivory in lacustrine brown trout Salmo trutta revealed by stomach content and stable isotope analyses

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2448-2462

  Jensen, H ^a   Kiljunen, M ^b   Amundsen, P A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coregonids; Feeding ecology; Piscivore; Predation; SIAR; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; STOMACH JUICE; TROUT;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TROUT;

COREGONUS LAVARETUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84861733211     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03294.x     Document Type: Article

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