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Food Intake of the Largemouth Bass
OpenSIUC
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Food Intake of the Largemouth Bass |
| Creator | Lewis, William M Heidinger, Roy C Kirk, William Chapman, Wayne Johnson, Danny |
| Description | During 18 months of electrofishing a sample of 991 adult largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) was taken from Crab Orchard Lake. The stomach contents were removed in the field with a gastroscope. Gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) constituted the principal forage fish. Approximately 50% of the bass collected had empty stomachs. As the size of bass increased, the food intake as a percent of body weight decreased. Ninety percent of the bass stomachs contained one food item. When more than one... |
| Date | 1974-04-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/fiaq_pubs/58 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/context/fiaq_pubs/article/1053/viewcontent/Food_Intake_of_the_Largemouth_Bass__.pdf |
| Source | Publications |
| Publisher | OpenSIUC |
