Stability in the feeding ecology of four demersal fish predators in the us northeast shelf large marine ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 406, Issue , 2010, Pages 239-250

  Byron, Carrie J ^a   Link, Jason S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Black sea bass; Canonical correspondence analysis; Northern searobin; Northwest Atlantic; Ontogenetic shifts; Scup; Striped searobin

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY;

CENTROPRISTIS; CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA; PRIONOTUS CAROLINUS; PRIONOTUS EVOLANS; STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS;

EID: 77954134339     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08570     Document Type: Article

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