Size related variability in the summer diet of the blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831) from Tobago, the Lesser Antilles

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 669-675

  Headley, B M ^a,b   Oxenford, H A ^b   Peterson, M S ^c   Fanning, P ^d  

^a Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Secretariat   (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d Food and Agriculture Organisation   (Barbados)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; ENGRAULIDAE; HOLOCENTRINAE; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 71749086346     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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