Feeding ecology and growth of age 0 year Platichthys flesus (L.) in a vegetated and a bare sand habitat in a nutrient rich fjord

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 531-552

  Andersen, B S ^a   Carl, J D ^a   Gronkjaer P ^b   Stottrup J G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding strategy; Growth; Juvenile flounder; Macroalgae; Ontogenetic shift

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLATFISH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; SUBSTRATE;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARIAGER FJORD; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; IDOTEA; MYSIDA; MYSIDEA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 14844330798     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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