Prey selection by North Sea herring (Clupea harengus), with special reference to fish eggs

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-68

  Segers, F H I D ^a   Dickey Collas, M ^a   Rijnsdorp, A D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg predation; Feeding; Herring; Ichthyoplankton; North Sea; Size selection; Visibility

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EGG PREDATION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SIZE SELECTION; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 34247122077     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsl002     Document Type: Article

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