Feeding patterns of the dominant benthic and demersal fish community in a temperate estuary

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2500-2517

  Dolbeth, M ^a   Martinho, F ^a   Leitao R ^b   Cabral, H ^a   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diet overlap; Feeding ecology; Fish community; Macrobenthos; Mondego Estuary

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953133257     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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