Feeding ecology of the swordfish Xiphias gladius in the subtropical region and transition zone of the western North Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 396, Issue , 2009, Pages 111-122

  Watanabe, Hikaru ^a   Kubodera, Tsunemi ^b   Yokawa, Kotaro ^c  

^a Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Ommastrephes bartramii; Seasonal migration; Subtropical and transition waters; Western North Pacific; Xiphias gladius

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; PREY SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRANSITION ZONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BRAMA JAPONICA; CEPHALOPODA; DIAPHUS GIGAS; GONATIDAE; GONATOPSIS BOREALIS; MYCTOPHIDAE; OMMASTREPHES BARTRAMII; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 73649101776     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08330     Document Type: Article

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