Effects of commercial trawling activities in the diet of the flat fish Citharus linguatula (Osteichthyes: Pleuronectiformes) and the starfish Astropecten irregularis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-169

  Juan, S de ^a   Cartes, J E ^a   Demestre, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Feeding intensity; Northwestern Mediterranean; Stomach contents; Trawling impact

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; DIET; ECHINODERM; FEEDING; FISHING; FLATFISH; GASTROPOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TRAWLING; VULNERABILITY;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ASTROPECTEN IRREGULARIS; BIVALVIA; CITHARUS LINGUATULA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; OSTEICHTHYES; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 34547473675     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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