Spatial, temporal and ontogenetic variation in diet of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) on the Algerian coast (SW Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-264

  Bacha, M ^a,b,c,d   Amara, R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algerian coast; diet; European anchovy; SW Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUPEOID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; PLANKTIVORY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; EUTERPINA ACUTIFRONS;

EID: 70349789271     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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