Diet and trophic level of scaldfish Arnoglossus laterna in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean): Contrasting trawled versus untrawled areas

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-828

  Fanelli, E ^a,b   Badalamenti, F ^b   D'Anna, G ^b   Pipitone, C ^b  

^a ICMCSIC   (Spain)

^b IAMC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arnoglossus laterna; Feeding ecology; Mediterranean Sea; Stable isotopes; Trawl ban

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ONTOGENY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CASTELLAMMARE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ALPHEUS GLABER; ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA; CARNIVORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONEPLAX RHOMBOIDES; LESUEURIGOBIUS SUERII; MYSIDA;

EID: 69749114981     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000137     Document Type: Article

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