Molecular detection of plaice remains in the stomachs of potential predators on a flatfish nursery ground

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 444, Issue , 2012, Pages 223-238

  Albaina, Aitor ^a,c   Taylor, Martin I ^a   Fox, Clive J ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Crangon crangon; Nursery ground; Pleuronectes platessa; Predator prey interactions; Stomach contents; Taqman real time PCR assay; Tralee Beach

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FLATFISH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROBE; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; STOMACH CONTENT; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUTRIGLA GURNARDUS; GOBIIDAE; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; TRIGLIDAE;

EID: 84855645703     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09439     Document Type: Article

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