Effects of alternative prey on predation intensity from herring Clupea harengus and sandeel Ammodytes marinus on capelin Mallotus villosus larvae in the Barents Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1807-1823

  Godiksen, J A ^a,b   Hallfredsson, E H ^a   Pedersen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capelin larvae; Herring; Predation; Predator switching; Sandeel

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 33845657427     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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