Daily ration and feeding activity of juvenile hake in the central Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1493-1501

  Carpentieri, P ^a   Colloca, F ^a   Ardizzone, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Food consumption; Mediterranean; Merluccius merluccius

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISHERY SURVEY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD ORGANISM; GADOID; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY CAPTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOMACH CONTENT; TRAWLING;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EUPHAUSIIDAE; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; NYCTIPHANES COUCHII; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 76949102009     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001859     Document Type: Article

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