Foraging behaviour of tuna feeding on small schooling Vinciguerria nimbaria in the surface layer of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-238

  Ménard, Frédéric ^a   Marchal, Emile ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Institut Oceanographique de Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Feeding; Foraging behaviour; Predator prey interactions; Schools; Tuna; Vinciguerria nimbaria

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; VINCIGUERRIA NIMBARIA;

EID: 0042696209     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(03)00040-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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