Diet and feeding niches of juvenile Gadus morhua, Melanogrammus aeglefinus and Merlangius merlangus during the settlement transition in the northern North Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-111

  Demain, D K ^a   Gallego, A ^a   Jaworski, A ^a   Priede, I G ^b   Jones, E G ^a,c  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

0 year group nursery; Competition; Early life ecology; Gadoids; Prey field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GADIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; NORTH SEA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

AMMODYTES; AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CYPRIDIDAE; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PISCES;

EID: 79959915260     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02997.x     Document Type: Article

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