Grazing by the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps: Evidence for selective feeding on macroalgae

Antarctic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 386-391

  Iken, K ^a   Barrera Oro, E R ^a   Quartino, M L ^a   Casaux, R J ^b   Brey, T ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Feeding ecology; Food selection; Macroalgae; Notothenia coriiceps

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; FEEDING SELECTIVITY; GRAZING; HERBIVOROUS FISH; MACROALGAE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANTARCTIA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; POTTER GROVE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CHLOROPHYTA; DESMARESTIA ANCEPS; DESMARESTIA MENZIESII; HIMANTOTHALLUS GRANDIFOLIUS; IRIDAEA CORDATA; MONOSTROMA; MONOSTROMA HARIOTII; NOTOTHENIA CORIICEPS; PALMARIA DECIPIENS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030659737     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102097000497     Document Type: Article

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