Feeding habits of the deep-snouted pipefish Syngnathus typhle in a temperate coastal lagoon

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 337-347

  Oliveira, Frederico ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a   Gonçalves, Jorge M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

diet; gut contents; pipefish; predation; Syngnathidae; Syngnathus typhle

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COASTAL LAGOON; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; ONTOGENY; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARIDEAN; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GOBIIDAE; HIPPOLYTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MYSIDACEA; PALAEMONIDAE; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 33847020773     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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