Food and feeding ecology of Northeast Atlantic swordfish (Xiphias gladius) off the Bay of Biscay

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1075-1085

  Chancollon, Odile ^a   Pusineri, Claire ^a   Ridoux, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; diet; feeding ecology; Northeast Atlantic; swordfish; Xiphias gladius

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY;

ANIMALIA; BRAMA BRAMA; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; GONATUS STEENSTRUPI; NEOSCOPELUS MICROCHIR; NOTOSCOPELUS KROYERI; OMMASTREPHES BARTRAMII; PARALEPIDIDAE; SYMBOLOPHORUS VERANYI; TODARODES SAGITTATUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33745910266     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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