Piscine predation on juvenile fishes on a Scottish sandy beach

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-138

  Gibson, R N ^a   Robb, L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

feeding; Gadus morhua; Pleuronectes platessa; predation; sandy beach

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DIET; FISH JUVENILE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIP; SANDY BEACH;

ATLANTIC COD; DIET; FISH; JUVENILE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; SEASHORE; SPECIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030176982     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0140     Document Type: Article

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