Food and feeding habits of blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, around Yonaguni Island, southwestern Japan

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 761-775

  Shimose, Tamaki ^a   Shono, Hiroshi ^b   Yokawa, Kotaro ^b   Saito, Hirokazu ^b   Tachihara, Katsunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; SIZE SELECTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SAKISHIMA ISLANDS; YONAGUNI ISLAND;

KATSUWONUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; MACULINEA ARION; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 33846547978     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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