Cephalopods in the diet of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) caught off the west coast of Baja California, Mexico

Pacific Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-41

  Markaida, Unai ^a,b   Hochberg, F G ^c  

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

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FISH; PREDATOR; STOMACH CONTENT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANCISTROCHEIRUS LESUEURI; ANCISTROCHEIRUS LESUEURII; ARGONAUTA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; GONATIDAE; OCTOPODA; OMMASTREPHIDAE; VAMPYROMORPHA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 14544271450     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0011     Document Type: Article

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