Diet composition and resource partitioning in two small flatfish species in the German Bight

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-204

  Schuckel S ^a   Sell, A ^b   Kroncke I ^a   Reiss, H ^a,c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arnoglossus laterna; Benthos; Buglossidium luteum; Diet overlap; Seasonal variability of diet; Southern North Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLATFISH; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY PREFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

AMPHIPODA; ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA; BIVALVIA; BUGLOSSIDIUM LUTEUM; COPEPODA; CRANGON; CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; ECHINODERMATA; HARPACTICOIDA; LIOCARCINUS; PLEURONECTIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 80051801032     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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