Feeding ecology of monkfish Lophius gastrophysus in the south-western Atlantic Ocean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Valentim, M F M ^a   Caramaschi, E P ^a   Vianna, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diet; Lophius; Predator prey relationship; Size classes variation; Stomach content; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FINFISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; NITEROI; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEPHALOPODA; DACTYLOPTERUS VOLITANS; LOPHIUS; LOPHIUS GASTROPHYSUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 43049150137     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000301     Document Type: Article

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