Passing the gut of juvenile flounder, Platichthys flesus: Differential survival of zoobenthic prey species

Marine Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-14

  Aarnio, K ^a   Bonsdorff, E ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; FISH JUVENILE; FLOUNDER; GUT PASSAGE; JUVENILES; PREDATION; PREY SURVIVAL;

BALTIC SEA;

HYDROBIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; OSTRACODA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS;

EID: 0030768520     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050140     Document Type: Article

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