Diet and niche overlap of southern populations of brill Scophthalmus rhombus and turbot Scophthalmus maximus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1383-1391

  Vinagre, C ^a   Silva, A ^b   Lara, M ^a   Cabral, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Feeding activity; Flatfishes; Niche breadth; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PHAEOPHYCEAE; PISCES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; SCOPHTHALMUS RHOMBUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; FLATFISH; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; DIET; FLATFISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PORTUGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855749088     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03116.x     Document Type: Article

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