Feeding ecology of two megrims Lepidorhombus boscii and Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis in the western Mediterranean (Gulf of Valencia, Spain)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-169

  Morte, Salomé ^a   Redón, Manuel J ^a   Sanz Brau, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; SEASONALITY;

SPAIN;

LEPIDORHOMBUS BOSCII; LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS;

EID: 0032911173     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315497000180     Document Type: Article

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