| early life history of three pelagic-spawning minnows macrhybopsis spp. in the lower missouri river. | life-history characteristics of age-0 sturgeon chub macrhybopsis gelida, shoal chub macrhybopsis hyostoma and sicklefin chub macrhybopsis meeki were compared using several methods. all macrhybopsis species consumed mostly midge pupae, but m. meeki had the most general diet (levins' index, b = 0.22) compared with m. hyostoma (b = 0.02) and m. gelida (b = 0.09). morisita's diet overlap index among species pairs ranged from 0.62 to 0.97 and was highest between m. hyostoma and m. gelida. daily ages ... | 2016 | 26887788 |