Differences in diet of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) at five seasonal feeding grounds on the New England continental shelf

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 168-180

  Chase, Bradford C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING GROUND; MIGRATION; PREY SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AMMODYTES; CEPHALOPODA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SUBERITES FICUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 0036265822     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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