Assessment of the diets of cod Gadus morhua and whiting Merlangius merlangus juveniles in a frontal region close to the Norwegian Trench: Co-existence or competition?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1612-1634

  Shaw, M ^a   Diekmann, R ^b,c   Van Der Kooij, J ^a   Milligan, S ^a   Bromley, P ^a   Righton, D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Gadoids; Juvenile; Selectivity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PSEUDOCALANUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 55949107855     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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