The use of stomach fullness and colour indices to assess Sardina pilchardus feeding

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 425-431

  Cunha, Maria Emília ^a   Garrido, Susana ^a   Pissarra, Joaquim ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COLOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; STOMACH CONTENT;

CLUPEIDAE; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 18244376935     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011367h     Document Type: Article

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