The diet of the peacock wrasse, Symphodus (Crenilabrus) tinca (Labridae), in the southern coast of Tunisia

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Ouannes Ghorbel, Amira ^a   Bouain, Abderrahmane ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Labridae; Mediterranean Sea; Southern coast of Tunisia; Symphodus (Crenilabrus) tinca

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPOD; MOLLUSC; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPAWNING;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; LABRIDAE; MOLLUSCA; SYMPHODUS TINCA;

EID: 33846334500     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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