Effects of predation from juvenile herring (Clupea harengus) on mortality rates of capelin (Mallotus villosus) larvae

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1693-1706

  Hallfredsson, Elvar H ^a   Pedersen, Torstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; DIGESTIBILITY; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 70350179802     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-105     Document Type: Article

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