Precocious, selective and successful feeding of larval billfishes in the oceanic Straits of Florida

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 231-244

  Llopiz, Joel K ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily ration; Fish larvae; Istiophoridae; Istiophorus platypterus; Larval fish feeding; Makaira nigricans; Ontogenetic shift; Piscivory

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIURNAL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORY; PREY SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EVADNE; EVADNE TERGESTINA; FARRANULA; FARRANULA GRACILIS; ISTIOPHORINAE; ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 44249123319     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07320     Document Type: Article

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