The diet and consumption of dominant fish species in the upper Scheldt estuary, Belgium

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 603-612

  Maes, Joachim ^a   De Brabandere, Loreto ^b   Ollevier, Frans ^a   Mees, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NICHE OVERLAP;

BELGIUM;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CALANOIDA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; COPEPODA; FRAXINUS; INVERTEBRATA; MYSIDA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038738085     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007537h     Document Type: Article

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