Angler-Caught Piscivore Diets Reflect Fish Community Changes in Lake Huron

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1419-1433

  Roseman, Edward F ^a   Schaeffer, Jeffrey S ^a   Bright, Ethan ^a,b   Fielder, David G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PISCIVORE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON;

EID: 84911163681     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2014.945659     Document Type: Article

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