Feeding ecology of indigenous and non-indigenous fish species within the family Sphyraenidae

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2528-2548

  Kalogirou, S ^a,b   Mittermayer, F ^a   Pihl, L ^a   Wennhage, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barracuda; Diet; Eastern Mediterranean; Lessepsian Sphyraena

Indexed keywords

ATHERINA BOYERI; BOOPS BOOPS; SPHYRAENA; SPHYRAENA CHRYSOTAENIA; SPHYRAENA SPHYRAENA; SPHYRAENA VIRIDENSIS; SPHYRAENIDAE; SPICARA SMARIS;

EID: 84861740613     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03306.x     Document Type: Article

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