Do bigger fish arrive and spawn at the spawning grounds before smaller fish: Cod (Gadus morhua) predation on beach spawning capelin (Mallotus villosus) from coastal Newfoundland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 391-400

  Vandeperre, F ^a   Methven, D A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; beach spawning capelin; body size; Gadus morhua; Mallotus villosus; migration; Newfoundland; prey size; size selective predation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MIGRATION; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

GADUS MORHUA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 33846251991     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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