Aggregation and feeding behaviour of pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at wind turbines in the Belgian part of the North Sea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 223-227

  Reubens, J T ^a   Degraer, S ^a,b   Vincx, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial hard substrates; Diet; Ecology; Pouting; Trisopterus luscus

Indexed keywords

JASSA; PORCELLANA LONGICORNIS; TRISOPTERUS LUSCUS;

EID: 79251599653     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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