On factors structuring the flatfish assemblage in the southern North Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-152

  Piet, G J ^a   Pfisterer, A B ^a,b   Rijnsdorp, A D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Zoological Museum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co occurrence; Competition; Diet; Morphology; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032169139     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00008-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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