Diel variation in feeding rate and prey composition of herring and mackerel in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1235-1257

  Darbyson, E ^a,c   Swain, D P ^a   Chabot, D ^b   Castonguay, M ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diel feeding; Diet composition; Gastric evacuation; Herring; Mackerel; Pseudo replication

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INGESTION RATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CALANUS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; COPEPODA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PISCES; SCOMBER; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 2342539744     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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