A model for estimating meal frequency and meal size from stomach data with an application to Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) feeding on capelin (Mallotus villosus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 876-889

  Magnússon, Kjartan G ^a   Aspelund, Thor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COD; CAPELIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; MEAL SIZE; STOCHASTIC FEEDING MODEL; STOMACH CONTENT;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC;

GADUS MORHUA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 0030822896     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-341     Document Type: Article

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