Seasonal variation in dietary overlap between yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) in backwater lakes of a large river

When large river ecosystems exhibit shifting habitat mosaics and fish community composition, understanding spatial-temporal dietary patterns may inform season-specific dietary overlap between species. Backwater areas of the Mississippi River exhibited an ecological shift to a macrophyte-dominated cl...

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Published in:	Journal of Freshwater Ecology
Main Authors:	Steven A. DeLain, Christopher R. Dawald, Nicole K. Ward
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Subjects:	Diet dietary niche bluegill yellow perch Mississippi River contiguous backwater Lakes
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02705060.2025.2491472