Feeding habits and trophic levels of Mediterranean fish

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-254

  Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^a,b   Karpouzi, Vasiliki S ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Fish; Fractional trophic levels; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; TROPHIC LEVEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ANTHOZOA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIACEA; BALANOIDEA; BLENNIIDAE; BOTHIDAE; CENTRACANTHIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CHLOROPHYTA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; DALATIIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; GOBIIDAE; HYDROZOA; ISOPODA; LABRIDAE; LOPHIIDAE; LOTIDAE; MACROURIDAE; MERLUCCIIDAE; MULLIDAE; MYSIDA; OPHIDIIDAE; OPHIURIDA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA; SALPA; SARPA SALPA; SCOMBRIDAE; SCYLIORHINIDAE; SIGANUS; SIGANUS LURIDUS; SIGANUS RIVULATUS; SOLEIDAE; SYNODONTIDAE; TORPEDINIDAE; TRIGLIDAE; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM; XIPHIIDAE; ZEIDAE;

EID: 0035775932     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020556722822     Document Type: Article

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