Feeding habits of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in Galveston Bay, Texas: Seasonal diet variation and predator-prey size relationships

Estuaries

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-139

  Scharf, Frederick S ^a,b   Schlicht, Kurtis K ^a  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; STOMACH CONTENT; UNITED STATES;

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; PREY SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GALVESTON BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA PATRONUS; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; PENAEUS; PENAEUS SETIFERUS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0034009867     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353230     Document Type: Article

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