Laboratory investigations on the effect of prey size and concentration on the feeding behaviour of Sardina pilchardus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 330, Issue , 2007, Pages 189-199

  Garrido, Susana ^a   Marçalo, Ana ^a   Zwolinski, Juan ^a   Van Der Lingen, Carl D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Filter feeding; Particulate feeding; Planktivorous fish; Sardina pilchardus

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDING; PLANKTIVORE; PLANKTON; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 33847198683     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps330189     Document Type: Article

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