Feeding habits of young predatory fishes in marsh creeks situated along the salinity gradient of the Schelde estuary, Belgium and The Netherlands

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-162

  Hampel, Henrietta ^a   Cattrijsse, Andre ^b   Elliott, Mike ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding habit; Predatory fish; Salinity gradient; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MARSH; SALINITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

ANNELIDA; CARCINUS MAENAS; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; CRANGON CRANGON; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; HETEROMASTUS; MACOMA BALTICA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ORCHESTIA; PISCES; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 21244457986     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0214-2     Document Type: Article

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