Consumption of juvenile herring (Clupea harengus) by cod (Gadus morhua) in the Barents Sea: A new approach to estimating consumption in piscivorous fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-359

  Johansen, Geir Odd ^a,b   Bogstad, Bjarte ^b   Mehl, Sigbjørn ^b   Ulltang, Øyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MORTALITY; PISCIVORY; STOMACH CONTENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

ARCTOGADUS GLACIALIS; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642523917     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-168     Document Type: Article

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