Food habits of sailfish Istiophorus platypterus off Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 777-791

  Arizmendi Rodríguez, Dana Isela ^a   Abitia Cárdenas, Leonardo Andres ^a   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^a   Trejo Escamilla, Idaly ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; CLASSIFICATION; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION; SPECIALIST; STOMACH CONTENT; TUNA FISHERY;

MAZATLAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SINALOA;

ARGONAUTA; AUXIS; BALISTES POLYLEPIS; CEPHALOPODA; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS;

EID: 33846507142     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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