Change in prey selectivity during the larval life of Atlantic cod in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Robert, Dominique ^a   Levesque, Keith ^a   Gagné, Jacques A ^b   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; fish larvae; Gadus morhua; ontogeny; prey selectivity; Pseudocalanus spp.

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GADOID; LARVA; ONTOGENY; PREY SELECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; GADUS MORHUA; PSEUDOCALANUS;

EID: 78649855153     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq095     Document Type: Article

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