Food habits and energy values of prey of striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax, off the coast of Mexico

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 360-368

  Abitia Cardenas, Leonardo A ^a   Galvan Magaña, Felipe ^a   Rodriguez Romero, Jesus ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRAPTURUS AUDAX;

ENERGY VALUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; PREDATION; PREY;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE;

EID: 0030616558     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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