Diet overlap and prey selection through metamorphosis in Irish Sea cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1297-1306

  Rowlands, William Ll ^a   Dickey Collas, Mark ^b   Geffen, Audrey J ^c   Nash, Richard D M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; GADOID; METAMORPHOSIS; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

CALANUS; COPEPODA; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 46849088797     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-041     Document Type: Article

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