Glimpse into guts: Overview of the feeding of larvae of tropical shorefishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 339, Issue , 2007, Pages 243-257

  Sampey, A ^a,b   McKinnon, A D ^a   Meekan, M G ^a   McCormick, M I ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calanoid copepods; Diet; Feeding ecology; Larval fish; Northwest Australia; Prey selectivity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD WEB; LARVA; PREY SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACANTHURIDAE; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BESTIOLINA SIMILIS; BIVALVIA; CALANOIDA; CHAETODONTIDAE; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; NEMIPTERIDAE; PISCES; PROTISTA; TEMORA; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 34347388991     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps339243     Document Type: Article

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