Diet, consumption, and growth of juvenile fringed flounder (Etropus crossotus); a test of the 'maximum growth/optimum food hypothesis' in a subtropical nursery area

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 97-116

  Reichert, Marcel J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Flatfish; Food; Fringed flounder; Juvenile growth; Otoliths; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND;

NORTH INLET; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; CUMACEA; ETROPUS CROSSOTUS; MYSIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POLYCHAETA; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS CORONATUS;

EID: 0242495130     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(03)00081-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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