Seasonal variation in feeding patterns and food niche overlap in the mediterranean blennies Scartella cristata, Parablennius pilicornis and Lipophrys trigloides (Pisces: Blenniidae)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-237

  Nieder, J ^a  

^a Botanisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combtooth blennies; Diet diversity; Food resource sharing; Gut length; Nutritional status; Seasonal overlap

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; BLENNIIDAE; BLENNIOIDEI; LIPOPHRYS TRIGLOIDES; MYTILUS; PARABLENNIUS PILICORNIS; PISCES; SCARTELLA CRISTATA; SCARTELLA CRISTATA; PARABLENNIUS PILICORNIS; BLENNIIDAE;

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; NICHES;

SPAIN, TARRAGONA, PLAYA DE LA MORA;

EID: 0031402770     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00439.x     Document Type: Article

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