Allometric length-weight relationships for benthic prey of aquatic wildlife in coastal marine habitats

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 241-249

  McKinney, Richard A ^a   Glatt, Sarah M ^b   Williams, Scott R ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Aquatic wildlife; Energy based carrying capacity; Marine invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PAGURUS; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES PUGIO;

EID: 11144335471     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.029     Document Type: Article

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