On the use of cyprinid scales in the diet analysis of piscivorous species: How much information is hidden in a fish scale?

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1008-1017

  Miranda, Rafael ^a   Escala, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PISCIVORE;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINIDAE; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 34547689393     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-133.1     Document Type: Article

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