Seasonal variation in the importance of pelagic fish in the diet of piscivorous fish in the Moray Firth, NE Scotland: A response to variation in prey abundance?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-133

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   McMillan, Julie A ^a   Armstrong, Eric ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haddock; Pelagic fish resource; Predator prey relationships; Prey abundance; Seasonal variation; Whiting

Indexed keywords

DIET; PISCIVORY; PREY ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MORAY FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UK;

AMMODYTIDAE; CLUPEA HARENGUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 0032007434     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0258     Document Type: Article

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