Trophic ecology of the European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Catalan Sea (northwest Mediterranean)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 121-134

  Tudela, Sergi ^a   Palomera, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy flows; Engraulis encrasicolus; NW Mediterranean; Pelagic ecosystem; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ANCHOVY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FOOD WEB; SPAWNING; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS;

EID: 0031573983     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps160121     Document Type: Article

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