Diel feeding intensity and daily ration of the sardine Sardina pilchardus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 437, Issue , 2011, Pages 215-228

  Nikolioudakis, N ^a,b   Palomera, I ^c   Machias, A ^a   Somarakis, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Daily ration; Feeding periodicity; Mediterranean Sea; Sardina pilchardus; Sardine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUPEOID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIEL VARIATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXING; PERIODICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 80052902464     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09275     Document Type: Article

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