The ecological role of overwintering fish in the food web of the Culbin sands lagoon ecosystem, NE Scotland: Identifying major trophic links and testing effects of the fish Pomatoschistus microps (Pallas) on benthic invertebrates

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-660

  Mendonça, Vanda Mariyam ^a,b   Raffaelli, David ^c   Boyle, Peter ^d   Emes, Chas ^d  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culbin sands lagoon; Energy flow; Pleuronectes platessa; Pomatoschistus microps; Predator impacts

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; EGG; ENERGY FLOW; FAUNA; FISH; FOOD WEB; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERWINTERING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 38049188228     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n4649     Document Type: Article

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