Prey selectivity by juvenile Atlantic cod Gadus morhua in three coastal habitat types

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 466, Issue , 2012, Pages 215-223

  Ljungberg, Peter ^a   Nilsson, P Anders ^a   Persson, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Functional response; Gadus morhua; Macroalgae; Prey choice; Seagrass; Shrimp; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GADOID; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROALGA; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; SAND; SEAGRASS; SHELTER; TROPHIC CASCADE;

EID: 84867567266     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09932     Document Type: Article

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