Diet of the invasive piscivorous fish Fistularia commersonii in a recently colonized area of the eastern Mediterranean

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 887-896

  Kalogirou, S ^a   Corsini, M ^b   Kondilatos, G ^b   Wennhage, H ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Fistularia commersonii; Lessepsian migration; Mediterranean; Piscivor

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PISCIVORE; SIZE EFFECT; STOMACH CONTENT;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BOOPS BOOPS; FISTULARIA COMMERSONII; FISTULARIA PETIMBA; GOBIIDAE; MULLIDAE; SPICARA SMARIS;

EID: 35449004082     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9088-3     Document Type: Article

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