Winter feeding as an overwintering survival strategy in young-of-the-year winter flounder

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 855-871

  Bell, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; DIET; FAT RESERVE; FLATFISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LIPID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

AMPHIPODA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POLYCHAETA; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 84863860603     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.675896     Document Type: Article

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