Feeding ecology of Mediterranean razorfish Xyrichthys novacula in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Cardinale, M ^a   Colloca, F ^a   Ardizzone, G D ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MYSIDACEA; XYRICHTHYS NOVACULA; XYRICHTYS;

EID: 0000191569     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.1997.tb00109.x     Document Type: Article

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