Diet of young-of-the-year bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758), in the southern Tyrrhenian (Mediterranean) Sea

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 310-313

  Sinopoli, Mauro ^a   Pipitone, C ^b   Campagnuolo, S ^a   Campo, D ^a   Castriota, L ^a   Mostarda, E ^a   Andaloro, F ^a  

^a STS Palermo   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; STOMACH CONTENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

CARANX; CARANX CRYSOS; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 4143123400     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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