Vulnerability of fish eggs and larvae to predation: Review of the influence of the relative size of prey and predator

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1226-1235

  Paradis, A R ^a   Pepin, P ^b   Brown, J A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISH EGG; FISH LARVA; ICTHYOPLANKTON; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREY VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 85047676099     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-051     Document Type: Article

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