Linking the structure of benthic invertebrate communities and the diet of native and invasive fish species in a brackish water ecosystem

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-141

  Järv, Leili ^a   Kotta, Jonne ^a   Kotta, Ilmar ^a   Raid, Tiit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; BRACKISH WATER; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; DOMINANCE; FOOD SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 80051973439     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.048.0301     Document Type: Article

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