Feeding habits of the Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) in the southern Tyrrhenian sea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 169-175

  Campo, D ^a   Mostarda, E ^a   Castriota, L ^b   Scarabello, M P ^b   Andaloro, F ^b  

^a ICRAM Central Institute for Marine Research   (Italy)

^b ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Pelagic predator; Predator prey relationship; Sarda sarda; Size related diet shift

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GILLNET; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SARDA SARDA; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SARDINELLA AURITA;

EID: 33748917839     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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