Dietary overlap between the potential competitors herring, sprat and anchovy in the North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 470, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-111

  Raab, K ^a   Nagelkerke, L A J ^a   Boeree C ^a   Rijnsdorp, A D ^a   Temming, A ^b   Dickey Collas, M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalist; Planktivorous fish; Specialist; Stomach analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIETARY OVERLAP; GENERALIST; PLANKTIVORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIALIST; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; CLUPEONELLA ENGRAULIFORMIS; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84870796881     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09919     Document Type: Article

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