Diet composition of smelt Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus) in brackish near-shore ecosystem (Eru Bay, Baltic Sea)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-128

  Taal, Imre ^a   Saks, Lauri ^a,b   Nedolgova, Snežana ^b   Verliin, Aare ^a   Kesler, Martin ^a   Jürgens, Kristiina ^a   Svirgsden, Roland ^a   Vetemaa, Markus ^a   Saat, Toomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Diet; Gulf of Finland; Seasonal variation; Size class; Smelt

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; GOBIIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPODA; MOLLUSCA; MYSIDA; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84897668790     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12044     Document Type: Article

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