Habitat selection of stone and starry flounders in an estuary in relation to feeding and survival

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-482

  Tomiyama, Takeshi ^a   Omori, Michio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

habitat selection; larval settlement; Natori River estuary; nursery grounds; Platichthys; predator prey interactions; Sendai Bay

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; FLATFISH; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PREY PREFERENCE; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; NATORI ESTUARY; SENDAI BAY; TOHOKU;

BIVALVIA; CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSA; CRANGON URITAI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYSIDA; NEOMYSIS AWATSCHENSIS; NUTTALLIA OLIVACEA; PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS BICOLORATUS; PLATICHTHYS STELLATUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 49049084207     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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