Feeding ecology of herring (Clupea harengus) larvae in the turbid Blackwater Estuary

Marine Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 353-365

  Fox, C J ^a   Harrop, R ^a   Wimpenny, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; LARVA; PREY SELECTION; TURBIDITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0032805430     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050552     Document Type: Article

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