Size structure and feeding dynamics in estuarine clupeoid fish schools: Field evidence for the school trap hypothesis

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Maes, Joachim ^a   Ollevier, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clupea harengus; Diet composition; Niche overlap; School trap hypothesis; Schooling behaviour; Size assortativeness; Sprattus sprattus

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; DIET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE OVERLAP; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SIZE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036760814     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(02)01181-6     Document Type: Article

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