Diet comparison between pelagic and demersal whiting in the North Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1096-1113

  Pedersen, J ^a  

^a Nordsocentret   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diet breadth; Diet overlap; Diet shift; Levin index; Merlangius merlangus; Prey selection; Schoener index

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; PREY SIZE;

NORTH SEA;

MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 0032729337     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.1112     Document Type: Article

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