Feeding dynamics of larval Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) on natural prey assemblages: The importance of protists

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 95-108

  Friedenberg, Laura E ^a   Bollens, Stephen M ^a   Rollwagen Bollens, Gretchen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearance rate; Clupea pallasi; Ingestion rates; Larval fish feeding; Pacific herring; Protist; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CARBON; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD LIMITATION; LARVA; METAZOAN; MICROPLANKTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTIST;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; CILIOPHORA; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; GASTROPODA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84859581601     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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