Feeding habits of megrim, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792), from the central Adriatic Sea

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-422

  Šantić, Mate ^a   Podvinski, Martina ^b   Pallaoro, Armin ^c   Jardas, Ivan ^c   Kirinčić, Marin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b City of ibenik   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^d National History Museum   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIDROPSARUS; LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS; MYSIDACEA; PROCESSA CANALICULATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 70350272883     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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