Spatial variability in zooplankton and feeding of larval Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1064-1077

  Paradis, Vanessa ^a   Sirois, Pascal ^a   Castonguay, Martin ^b   Plourde, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic mackerel; Gulf of St Lawrence; larval feeding; recruitment

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EMERGENCE; LARVA; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; OITHONA; PSEUDOCALANUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 84868030530     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs063     Document Type: Article

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