Predator-prey relationships and food sources of the Skagerrak deep-water fish assemblage

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 165-180

  Bergstad, O A ^a   Wik, A D ^a   Hildre, O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Argentina; Coryphaenoides; Deep water; Feeding; Food web; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

AMPHIPODA; ARGENTINA (FISH); ARGENTINA SILUS; ARGENTINA SPHYRAENA; BIVALVIA; CHIMAERA; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; CORYPHAENOIDES; CORYPHAENOIDES RUPESTRIS; CRUSTACEA; CYNOGLOSSUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ETMOPTERUS; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; GAMMARIDEA; GLYPTOCEPHALUS; GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS; PANDALUS BOREALIS; PASIPHAEA; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POLYCHAETA; SABINEA SARSI;

EID: 1542378163     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v31.a12     Document Type: Article

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