The consumption of zooplankton by early life stages of fish in the North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1650-1663

  Heath, Michael R ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish diet; Fish larvae; Fisheries; Food consumption; Plankton; Production; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

COPEPODA;

EID: 44649154021     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm156     Document Type: Article

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