Variability in conspecific predation among longnose lancetfish Alepisaurus ferox in the western Indian Ocean

Fisheries Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-68

  Romanov, Evgeny V ^a   Ménard, Frédéric ^a   Zamorov, Veniamin V ^b   Potier, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b ODESSA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Diet; Indian Ocean; Longnose lancetfish; Pelagic environment

Indexed keywords

ALEPISAURUS FEROX; CHARYBDIS SMITHII; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 38849125497     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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