The role of pelagic fish as forage for the demersal fish community in the southern Bay of Biscay

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 72, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 407-417

  Preciado, Izaskun ^a   Velasco, Francisco ^a   Olaso, Ignacio ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Santander   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Demersal fish; Pelagic fish; Prey availability; Stomach contents; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

DEMERSAL FISH; PELAGIC FISH; STOMACH CONTENTS; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DEMERSAL FISH; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGE; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

CEPHALOPODA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; GADICULUS ARGENTEUS; INVERTEBRATA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS; ZEUS FABER;

EID: 43649106964     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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