http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Exotic fish impacts on lake community structure and function in Western Victoria, Australia http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:13149 Wed 07 Apr 2021 14:01:20 AEST ]]> Risk factors associated with gallstone disease in women http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4748 1.3) and having dietary vitamin C intake ≥ 75 mg per day. Conclusion: High body mass index, physical inactivity and low vitamin C intake are associated with gallstone disease in Pakistani women. Longitudinal studies are needed to confirm these findings. © 2012 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism.]]> Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:44:17 AEST ]]> Dietary studies on exotic carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) from two lakes of western Victoria, Australia http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:478 2 cm carp larvae shifted their diet to include benthic food resources, but microcrustacea still dominated the larval diet. Small carp (≤15 cm) showed a high preference for microcrustacea and tended to avoid benthic macroinvertebrate food resources. As carp size increased the proportion of macroinvertebrates in gut contents increased. Medium (15-40 cm) and large sized carp (>40 cm) displayed broad food assemblages in their guts with microcrustacea, Gastropoda, Ostracoda, Amphipoda and detritus being dominant. Carp showed a selective preference for Diptera and a balanced preference for Amphipoda. Schoener's dietary overlap was high between small and medium carp (0.55-0.65) and medium and large carp (0.72-0.74) but was low between small and large carp (0.36-0.44). When considering only benthic macroinvertebrate food resources, Hurlbert's dietary overlap between size classes of carp remained reasonably low. There were no observable seasonal patterns in the diet of carp in the two lakes but the proportion of the food items in the gut varied between sampling occasions. This study identified the potential of exotic carp in altering lake function by feeding predominantly on microcrustacea, thus causing a 'top-down' trophic cascade.]]> Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:31:24 AEST ]]> Evidence for invasive carp mediated trophic cascade in shallow lakes of western Victoria, Australia http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:481 Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:31:24 AEST ]]> Habitat use and movement of river blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus R.) in a highly modified Victorian stream, Australia http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:477 Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:31:24 AEST ]]> Limnology of four saline lakes in western Victoria, Australia : I. Physico-chemical parameters http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:479 Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:31:24 AEST ]]> Limnology of four saline lakes in western Victoria, Australia : II. Biological parameters http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:480 Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:31:24 AEST ]]>