Linking prey composition of haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus to benthic prey availability in three different areas of the northern North Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-118

  Schuckel S ^a   Ehrich, S ^b   Kroncke I ^a   Reiss, H ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos; Diet composition; Feeding strategy; Stomach contents.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIET; GADIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; STOMACH JUICE; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALS; DIET; GADIFORMES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; NORTH SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ECHINOCYAMUS PUSILLUS; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; OPHIOCTEN; OPHIURIDA; PHORONIS; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA; SPIOPHANES; SPIOPHANES BOMBYX;

EID: 77954753812     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02657.x     Document Type: Article

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