Diet of age-0 tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in anthropogenically-modified and natural nursery habitats along the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-233

  Jud, Zachary R ^a   Layman, Craig A ^a   Shenker, Jonathan M ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary plasticity; Habitat fragmentation; Mangrove marsh restoration; Mosquito control impoundments; Optimal foraging; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; MOSQUITO; NURSERY GROUND; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TELEOST;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; MEGALOPS ATLANTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 79952042707     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9734-6     Document Type: Article

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