Size-dependent foraging of larval Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1380-1389

  Puvanendran, Velmurugu ^a   Salies, Karine ^a   Laurel, Benjamin ^a   Brown, Joseph A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

LARGE ROTIFERS (LR); PREYS; SIZE-DEPENDENT FORAGING; SMALL ROTIFERS (SR);

FISHERIES;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GADOID; GAPE LIMITATION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE;

ARTEMIA; GADUS MORHUA; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12744274889     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-114     Document Type: Article

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