Dietary choices of siganid fish at Shiqmona reef, Israel

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-53

  Lundberg, Barbro ^a   Ogorek, Reuven ^b   Galil, Bella S ^c   Goren, Menachem ^b  

^a Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; FISH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA BAY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SIGANUS; SIGANUS LURIDUS; SIGANUS RIVULATUS;

EID: 3543006537     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/7QQJ-WN2F-J8PC-W6E2     Document Type: Article

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