Invasive flathead catfish impacting Susquehanna’s food chain, researchers find

ObjectiveFlathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris are a widespread aquatic invasive species within the United States and a recent invader in the Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania. Flathead Catfish are piscivores known to consume native and recreationally important fish species. In the mid-Atlantic United States, it is unknown how this invader is impacting food webs and which species may be at grea

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Sydney Stark, Megan K. Schall, Geoffrey D. Smith, Aaron Maloy, Jason A. Coombs, Tyler Wagner, Julian Avery

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