Diet of two large sympatric teleosts, the ling (Genypterus blacodes) and hake (Merluccius Australis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Dunn, Matthew R ^a   Connell, Amelia M ^a   Forman, Jeff ^a   Stevens, Darren W ^a   Horn, Peter L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DEMERSAL FISH; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENYPTERUS BLACODES; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROURID; MERLUCCIID; MERLUCCIUS AUSTRALIS; METANEPHROPS CHALLENGERI; MUNIDA GRACILIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TELEOST; ANIMAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CRUSTACEA; GENYPTERUS BLACODES; MACROURIDAE; MERLUCCIIDAE; MERLUCCIUS AUSTRALIS; METANEPHROPS CHALLENGERI; MUNIDA GRACILIS; PISCES; REXEA SOLANDRI; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78249243107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013647     Document Type: Article

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