Variations in the feeding of 0-group bass Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) in managed realignment areas and saltmarshes in SE England

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 672, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-31

  Fonseca, Leila ^a   Colclough, Steve ^b   Hughes, Rob G ^c  

^a Marine and Fisheries Science Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

0 Group; Bass feeding; Dicentrarchus labrax; Managed realignment; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Saltmarsh; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANAGED REALIGNMENT; MICROHABITAT; PERCIFORM; PREY CAPTURE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SALTMARSH; SEASONALITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER PLANNING;

BLACKWATER ESTUARY; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; TOLLESBURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMPHIPODA; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; CALANOIDA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; HARPACTICOIDA; NEREIS;

EID: 79959377514     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0753-x     Document Type: Article

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