Estimating piscine prey size from partial remains: Testing for shifts in foraging mode by juvenile bluefish

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-388

  Scharf, Frederick S ^a   Buckel, Jeffrey A ^b   Juanes, Francis ^a   Conover, David O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gape width limitations; Maximum prey size; Piscivore; Pomatomus saltatrix; Predator foraging modes; Prey length predator length ratio; Regression

Indexed keywords

BLUEFISH; ESTIMATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FISH JUVENILE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GAPE LIMITATION; JUVENILES; PREDATION; PREY SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; ANCHOA MITCHILLI; MENIDIA MENIDIA; MORONE AMERICANA; MORONE SAXATILIS; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX;

EID: 0030618582     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007318918434     Document Type: Article

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