Use of morphological characteristics to define functional groups of predatory fishes in the celtic sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 355-377

  Reecht, Y ^a   Rochet, M J ^a   Trenkel, V M ^a   Jennings, S ^b   Pinnegar, J K ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Functional traits; Predation strategy; Trophic functions

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 84881091360     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12177     Document Type: Article

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