Diet composition and prey selection of the introduced grouper species peacock hind (Cephalopholis argus) in Hawaii

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 464-476

  Dierking, Jan ^a,b   Williams, Ivor D ^a,c   Walsh, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AULOSTOMIDAE; CEPHALOPHOLIS ARGUS; CHAETODONTIDAE; EPINEPHELINAE; PISCES;

EID: 70350214327     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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