Interannual variation in the availability and utilization of euphausiids as prey for Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) along the south-west coast of Vancouver Island

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-156

  Tanasichuk, R W ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Euphausiids; Feeding; Pacific hake

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA;

EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; THYSANOESSA SPINIFERA;

EID: 0033062002     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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