Feeding habits of bonefish, Albula vulpes, from the waters of the Florida keys

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 754-766

  Crabtree, Roy E ^a   Stevens, Connie ^a   Snodgrass, Derke ^a   Stengard, Fredrik J ^a  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

UNITED STATES;

ALBULA VULPES; BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; OPSANUS BETA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0031720646     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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