Inter- and intra-gender analyses of feeding ecology of the worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 461-464

  Lyons, D O ^a,b   Dunne, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEROPHIS LUMBRICIFORMIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942469948     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009452h     Document Type: Article

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