Diel feeding and prey selection of three size classes of shortfinned eel (Anguilla australis) in New Zealand

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-428

  Sagar, P M ^a   Glova, G J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERIODICITY; PREY SELECTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COSTACHOREMA; DIPTERA; HUDSONEMA AMABILIS; HYDROBIOSIS; OSTRACODA; PSILOCHOREMA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0031728708     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97154     Document Type: Article

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