Feeding ecology of silver hake larvae on the Western Bank, Scotian Shelf, and comparison with Atlantic Cod

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 703-720

  Reiss, C ^a,b   McLaren, I ^a   Avendano P ^a   Taggart, C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Feeding ecology; Scotian shelf; Selectivity; Silver hake

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD SELECTION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; NICHE BREADTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCOTIA SHELF; WORLD;

COPEPODA; GADUS MORHUA; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 15944401356     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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