Food habits of the two-line eelpout (Bothrocara brunneum: Zoarcidae) at two deep-sea sites in the eastern North Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-531

  Ferry, Lara A ^a,b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTHROCARA BRUNNEUM;

DEEP-SEA FISH; DIET; PREY SPECIALIZATION; TWO-LINE EELPOUT;

PACIFIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030992016     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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