Relationships between diet and body size, mouth morphology, habitat and movements of six sillaginid species in coastal waters: Implications for resource partitioning

Marine Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 585-598

  Hyndes, G A ^a   Platell, M E ^a   Potter, I C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COASTAL WATERS; DIET; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUTH MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENETIC MOVEMENTS; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; WHITING;

AUSTRALIA, (WEST);

SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA; SILLAGO BASSENSIS; SILLAGO BURRUS; SILLAGO ROBUSTA; SILLAGO SCHOMBURGKII; SILLAGO VITTATA;

EID: 0030809354     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050125     Document Type: Article

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