Selection of prey size and prey species by 1-group cod Gadus morhua: Effects of satiation level and prey handling times

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 198, Issue , 2000, Pages 225-238

  Arnott, Stephen A ^a,b   Pihl, Leif ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Feeding; Foraging; Gadus morhua; Prey selection; Satiation; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE;

SWEDEN;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA; GADUS MORHUA; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0034608410     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps198225     Document Type: Article

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