Prey composition and daily rations of myctophid fishes in the Southern Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Pakhomov, E A ^a   Perissinotto, R ^a   McQuaid, C D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Daily ration; Feeding; Myctophid fishes

Indexed keywords

DAILY RATIONS; DIET; PREDATION; PREY COMPOSITION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 0029668787     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134001     Document Type: Article

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