Diet of invasive pikeperch Sander lucioperca: developing non-destructive tissue sampling for stable isotope analysis with comparisons to stomach contents analysis | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

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Issue		Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst. Number 419, 2018 Topical Issue on Fish Ecology


Article Number		49
Number of page(s)		13
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018037
Published online		17 December 2018

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