Diet composition and feeding activity of larval spring-spawning herring: Importance of environmental variability

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-40

  Arula, T ^a   Kotta, J ^a   Lankov, A ^a   Simm, M ^a   Polme S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Copepods; Diet Composition; Environment; Herring Larvae

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; LARVA; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SHALLOW WATER; SHELTER; SIZE; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA; PARNU BAY;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS;

EID: 84855802186     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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