A comparison of food capture and ingestion in juveniles of two flatfishspecies, Pleuronectes platessa and Limanda limanda (teleostei:Pleuronectiformes)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 390-401

  Bels, V L ^b   Davenport, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Agriculture   (Belgium)

Author keywords

capture cycles; dab; debris ejection; plaice; prey capture; transport cycles

Indexed keywords

LIMANDA LIMANDA; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0030236339     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0167     Document Type: Article

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