Decadal changes in the diet of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) migrating off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-238

  Yonezaki, Shiroh ^a   Kiyota, Masashi ^a   Baba, Norihisa ^b  

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

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decadal changes; Diet; Japanese sardine; Mackerels; Myctophids; Northern fur seal

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DECADAL VARIATION; DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PELAGIC FISH; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY LOCATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN];

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CEPHALOPODA; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; RASTRELLIGER; SARDINOPS MELANOSTICTUS; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SCOMBRIDAE; WATASENIA SCINTILLANS;

EID: 42449133672     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2008.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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