Feeding habits of juvenile flatfish in relation to habitat characteristics in the Baltic Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-612

  Florin, Ann Britt ^a   Lavados, Gaston ^b  

^a Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

feeding; nursery habitat; Platichthys flesus; Psetta maxima

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATFISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; GOBIIDAE; MYSIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 75049085899     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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