Individual diet variation in a marine fish assemblage: Optimal Foraging Theory, Niche Variation Hypothesis and functional identity

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 60-71

  Cachera, M ^a,b   Ernande, B ^a   Villanueva, M C ^a   Lefebvre, S ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

English Channel; Semi enclosed sea; Size dependent diet variation; Specialization; Trophic similarity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIETARY OVERLAP; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT CORRIDOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 85008319241     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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