Feeding ecology of larval and juvenile black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) and Japanese seaperch (Lateolabrax japonicus) in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-209

  Nip, Tony H M ^a   Ho, Wing Yee ^a   Wong, C Kim ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Fish larvae; Juveniles; Prey selectivity

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; LARVA; PREY SELECTION;

CHINA;

ACANTHOPAGRUS; ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; COPEPODA; CYPRIS; LATEOLABRAX; LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; PISCES; SPONDYLIOSOMA CANTHARUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038242054     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023611207492     Document Type: Article

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