What cephalopod remains from Xiphias gladius stomachs can imply about predator-prey interactions in the Mediterranean sea?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 549-554

  Peristeraki, P ^a   Tserpes, G ^a   Lefkaditou, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cephalopod beaks; Feeding behaviour; Mediterranean sea; Swordfish

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CEPHALOPODA; TODARODES SAGITTATUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 27744581967     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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