Do protozoa contribute significantly to the diet of larval fish in the Irish Sea?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 843-850

  De Figueiredo, Gisela M ^a,b   Nash, Richard D M ^a,c   Montagnes, David J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DIET; FLATFISH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INGESTION RATE; LARVA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTOZOAN; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

CILIOPHORA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34547498747     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540705713X     Document Type: Article

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