The response of the diets of four carnivorous fishes to variations in the Yellow Sea ecosystem

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 996-1000

  Jin, Xianshi ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Xue, Ying ^a,b  

^a YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Carnivorous fishes; Diet variation; Predator prey relationships; Prey abundance; Yellow Sea ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEBS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE WIDTH; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS; PREY ABUNDANCE; SMALL PELAGIC SPECIES; YELLOW SEA;

NUTRITION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIOINDICATOR; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE BREADTH; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

CRANGON AFFINIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; LIPARIDAE (FISHES); LIPARIS TANAKAE; LOPHIIFORMES; LOPHIUS LITULON; PISCES; SCOMBEROMORUS; SCOMBEROMORUS NIPHONIUS;

EID: 77953132938     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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