Food and feeding habits of jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 507-522

  Markaida, Unai ^a   Sosa Nishizaki, Oscar ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; STOMACH CONTENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANCHOA; BENTHOSEMA; BENTHOSEMA PANAMENSE; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DOSIDICUS GIGAS; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; INVERTEBRATA; OMMASTREPHIDAE; PLEURONCODES PLANIPES; TRIPHOTURUS; TRIPHOTURUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 0038738169     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007434h     Document Type: Article

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