Feeding habits of the Order Pleuronectiformes and its relation to the sediment type in the north Irish Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 593-601

  Amezcua, F ^a   Nash, R D M ^b   Veale, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATFISH; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

IRISH SEA;

ARNOGLOSSUS; ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA; BUGLOSSIDIUM LUTEUM; CITRUS LIMON; CYNOGLOSSUS; GLYPTOCEPHALUS; GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; LIMANDA; LIMANDA LIMANDA; MICROCHIRUS; MICROCHIRUS VARIEGATUS; MICROSTOMUS; MICROSTOMUS KITT; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA; SOLEA SOLEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038399932     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007525h     Document Type: Article

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