Feeding of small whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the central and southern North Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 957-960

  Singh Renton, S ^a   Bromley, P J ^b  

^a CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment and Management Program   (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PREY SIZE;

NORTH SEA;

CRANGON CRANGON; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 0032740232     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315499001174     Document Type: Article

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