Zooplankton prey selection among three dominant ichthyoplankton species in the northwest Gulf of St Lawrence

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-235

  Demontigny, Franois ^a,b   Ouellet, Patrick ^a   Sirois, Pascal ^b   Plourde, Stéphane ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

arctic shanny; Gulf of St Lawrence; ichthyoplankton diet; sandlance; snakeblenny; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; DOMINANCE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; NICHE; PERCIFORM; PREY SELECTION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

AMMODYTES; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA; LUMPENUS; LUMPENUS LAMPRETAEFORMIS; STICHAEUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 84856927968     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr104     Document Type: Article

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