Factors influencing the diets of four morphologically divergent fish species in nearshore marine waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 805-817

  Hourston, M ^a   Platell, M E ^a   Valesini, F J ^a   Potter, I C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; TELEOST; WAVE ACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMMOTRETIS; AMMOTRETIS ELONGATUS; AMPHIPODA; ATHERINIDAE; ATHERINOMORUS; ATHERINOMORUS OGILBYI; BIVALVIA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; HALOPHILA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOSCOPIDAE; LESUEURINA PLATYCEPHALA; PLEURONECTIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SILLAGINIDAE; SILLAGO; SILLAGO SCHOMBURGKII; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544327058     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009981h     Document Type: Article

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