Consumption of marine snow by two species of juvenile mullet and its contribution to their growth

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 19-28

  Larson, Earl T ^a,b   Shanks, Alan L ^a,c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Detritus; Feeding; Foodweb; Growth; Marine snow; Mullet; Plankti vores

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; GROWTH; MARINE SNOW; STRIPED MULLET; WHITE MULLET; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST); USA, SOUTH CAROLINA; USA, SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON HARBOR ESTUARY;

ARTEMIA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGIL CUREMA;

EID: 0029668998     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130019     Document Type: Article

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