Feeding ecology of broadbill swordfish, Xiphias gladius, off eastern Australia in relation to physical and environmental variables

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 793-809

  Young, Jock ^a   Lansdell, Matt ^a   Riddoch, Spikey ^a   Revill, Andy ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DIETARY SHIFT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; NOMEIDAE; OMMASTREPHES BARTRAMII; PARALEPIDIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33846476648     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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