Histological identification of macroalgae from stomach contents of the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps using semi-thin sections

Marine Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  Iken, Katrin ^a,b   Quartino, Maria Liliana ^c   Wiencke, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Feeding ecology; Fish; Histology; Macroalgae

Indexed keywords

DIET; HISTOLOGY; PERCID; STOMACH CONTENT;

NEUROGLOSSUM LIGULATUM; NOTOTHENIA CORIICEPS; PORPHYRA ENDIVIIFOLIUM;

EID: 0032753656     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.1999.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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