Feeding ecology and interannual variations in diet of southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii, in relation to coastal and oceanic waters off eastern Tasmania, Australia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-291

  Young, Jock W ^a   Lamb, Timothy D ^a   Le, Duyet ^a   Bradford, Russell W ^a   Whitelaw, A Wade ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fish; Fronts; Oceanography; Scombrid; Shelf

Indexed keywords

DAILY RATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; INSHORE-OFFSHORE WATERS; SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EMMELICHTHYS NITIDUS; NOTOTODARUS GOUDLI; PHRONIMA SEDENTARIA; THUNNUS ALBACORES; THUNNUS MACCOYII; TRACHURUS DECLIVIS;

EID: 0030865559     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007326120380     Document Type: Article

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