Food of sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 (Pisces: Atherinidae) in the estuary of the Mala Neretva River (middle-eastern Adriatic, Croatia)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 597-603

  Bartulović, Vlasta ^a   Lučić, Davor ^b   Conides, Alexis ^c   Glamuzina, Branko ^b   Dulčić, Jakov ^b   Hafner, Dubravka ^d   Batistić, Mirna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Croatia; Food; Neretva River estuary; Sand smelt

Indexed keywords

DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

CROATIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NERETVA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI; ATHERINA HEPSETUS; ATHERINIDAE; CALANOIDA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPIA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYCLOPS; DAPHNIA; GAMMARIDEA; HARPACTICOIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYSIDA; PISCES; POECILOSTOMATOIDA;

EID: 13244297016     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n4597     Document Type: Article

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