Editing Ruffe (section)

==Diet==
In Eurasia, the ruffe diet mainly consists of zoobenthos: [[chironomid]]s,<ref>{{cite journal |author=M. Tarvainen |author2=K. Vuorio |author3=J. Sarvala |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |title=The diet of ruffe ''Gymnocephalus cernuus'' (L.) in northern lakes: new insights from stable isotope analyses |journal=[[Journal of Fish Biology]] |volume=72 |issue=7 |pages=1720–1735 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01847.x|bibcode=2008JFBio..72.1720T }}</ref> small aquatic bugs and larvae,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Peterson |first1=Greg S. |last2=Lietz |first2=Julie E. |title=Identification of ruffe larvae (''Gymnocephalus cernua'') in the St. Louis River, Lake Superior: Clarification and guidance regarding morphological descriptions |journal=Journal of Great Lakes Research |date=1 February 2017 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=205–210 |doi=10.1016/j.jglr.2016.10.005 |pmid=30364801 |pmc=6198672 |bibcode=2017JGLR...43..205P }}</ref> which are all found in the [[benthic zone]] of the water column. As far as researchers have been able to learn, it has kept the same diet in its transfer to the Great Lakes. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hölker |first1=Franz |last2=Thiel |first2=Ralf |title=Biology of Ruffe (''Gymnocephalus cernuus'' (L.))—A Review of Selected Aspects from European Literature |journal=Journal of Great Lakes Research |date=1 January 1998 |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=186–204 |doi=10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70812-3 |bibcode=1998JGLR...24..186H |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0380133098708123 |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=en |issn=0380-1330|url-access=subscription }}</ref>