Novel molecular approach demonstrates that turbid river plumes reduce predation mortality on larval fish

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 5366-5377

  Carreon Martinez, Lucia B ^a   Wellband, Kyle W ^b   Johnson, Timothy B ^c   Ludsin, Stuart A ^d   Heath, Daniel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

foraging; Perca flavescens; recruitment; stomach content DNA; survival; turbidity

Indexed keywords

PERCA FLAVESCENS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; BASS; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERCH; PREDATION; RIVER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH JUICE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BASS; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCHES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84911367631     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12927     Document Type: Article

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