Analysis of the impact of flathead catfish predation on the abundance of four centrarchid species

The top piscivore in Byllesby Reservoir, a 98.6 ha hydropower impoundment in southwestern Virginia is the flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris. The most numerically abundant fish in the reservoir are centrarchids, specifically bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, redbreast sunfish L. auritus, smallmouth...

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Main Author: Barr, Brian R.
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46097
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12042009-020154/