Effect of habitat shifts on feeding behaviour and growth of 0 year-group flounder Platichthys flesus (L.) transferred between macroalgae and bare sand habitats

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1587-1605

  Gronkjaer P ^a   Carl, J D ^a,b,c   Rasmussen, T H ^a   Hansen, K W ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Bare sand; Feeding behaviour; Growth; Macroalgae; Platichthys flesus

Indexed keywords

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 34247366000     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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