Forage fauna in the diet of three large pelagic fishes (lancetfish, swordfish and yellowfin tuna) in the western equatorial Indian Ocean

Fisheries Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-72

  Potier, Michel ^a   Marsac, Francis ^b   Cherel, Yves ^c   Lucas, Vincent ^d   Sabatié, Richard ^e   Maury, Olivier ^b   Ménard, Frédéric ^b  

^a UR 109 THETIS ^*  (Reunion)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^e AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Feeding; Food web; Indian Ocean; Lancetfish; Swordfish; Trophic overlap; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

DIET; FAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

ALEPISAURUS FEROX; CEPHALOPODA; CHARYBDIS SMITHII; CRUSTACEA; CUBICEPS PAUCIRADIATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIRETMICHTHYS PARINI; OMMASTREPHIDAE; PISCES; PORTUNIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; STHENOTEUTHIS OUALANIENSIS; STOMATOPODA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33751543712     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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